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ENAMELED VICTORIAN SMALL PICKLE CASTOR SATIN GLASS -
The metal holder is marked M.S.BENEDICK MFG CO QUADRUPLE PLATE 427. The plating is worn off the metal and the wire (light surface rust) on one side is loose where it attaches to the ornamentation. There are also some small dents in the edge of the lid. It would make a good candidate for re-silvering. The tongs (about 3 inches long) are of a different design and are probably for sugar cubes. The stand is about 9-1/4 inches tall. The finish on the jar is satin glass that is decorated with heavy enamel flowers on the front and back where there are double panels while the sides each have three single undecorated panels. The color of the glass is a Red Amberina (see photos). The edge of the rim has flaking and the shoulder and the bottom of the sides have silver rub marks were contact was made with the metal. The unusual shaped jar is about 3-1/4 inches tall (without the lid) and 3-3/4 inches in diameter. This item is being sold as found.
VICTORIAN WHITE BRISTOL GLASS SWEETS JAR FAIRIES JESTER -
This rare handmade Candy Jar is made of white opaque milk glass with the foot and lid colored orange. It is trimmed and highlighted in gold and the background is tinted an eggshell color. Its colorful decoration features what appears to be scenes from a fairy tale with players in medieval dress on front and back. One side shows a court jester carrying an arrow with a pierced heart over his shoulder and surrounded by three dancing female fairies. The other side shows a court jester flanked by a male fairy and a cook holding wooden spoons and a recipe scroll. This may be a depiction out of the 14th Century publication DECAMERON by Boccaccio of a husbands revenge on his wifes lover. It is about 10 inches tall with no chips or cracks. The bottom of the foot shows the extensive age wear pattern typical of a vintage piece’s contact with surfaces. The foot also has some splotches of black glass picked up during the manufacturing process that are original to the piece. The glass is thicker than what is considered usual for Bristol glass of this period and the edges of the rim and lid are ground and polished. I have yet to find anyone who has seen this item before.
VICTORIAN COPPER WHEEL ENGRAVED CRYSTAL COMPOTE -
This finely engraved crystal compote features a four-petal bowl with very fine cooper wheel engraving on the underside that is reminiscent of the work from Thomas Webb in the late 1800s. The gilding that was once in the pattern has mostly washed off. You can also still see traces of the gold that once covered the edge of the rim. It is not signed and has no chips or cracks although you can feel the very tiniest of nicks long the edge of the rim. It is about 3-3/8 inches tall and 5-1/4 inches wide and 5 inches deep (not a square). The bottom shows the extensive age wear pattern typical of a vintage piece’s contact with surfaces.
VICTORIAN BLUE GLASS BRIDES’S BOWL ROSE VASE -
This decorative Victorian Bride’s Bowl or Basket features a handmade Glass Bowl plus a Rose Vase both mounted in a Silver Plated Stand. The glass bowl is blue opaque over white cased glass. It is decorated on the outside rim with gold paint and raised jewelling. The inside is decorated with two intertwining stylized lightly etched stars with one of them covered with beige enameling. It is 9 ½ inches in diameter. The glass rose vase on the top is solid blue opaque glass with gold trim and applied Victorian enameled flowers. It is about 4 ½ inches tall. The Silver Plated Stand is marked MERIDEN COMPANY 143 1/2. The overall height is about 14 ¾ inches and the overall width is about 11 ½ inches. The glass has no chips of cracks but the original gold decorating the outside edge of the bowl is mostly worn and the enameled jewelling has oxidized. Since the Rose Vase does no show this wear, it is probably a later replacement. The holder has no dents but it appears to have been repaired at the midpoint on the handle's sides and on the mounting for the Rose Vase.
