Late 19th Century Turquoise Blue Milk Glass Vase with Enamelled and Gilded Floral Motif

This is a charming example of a late 19th-century glass flower vase, probably continental in origin.

The vase is an unusual shape, with a galleried rim and a conical neck that meets the flattened oval body at a discoid collar. There is a further discoid collar at the junction of the body and the conical, domed foot. The latter is hollow, plain on the underside and unmarked.

There is a hand-enamelled panel on the front of the vase, with pink and blue flowers amongst red and green foliage. There is a sprig of white flowers and red leaves on the reverse. The sides of the body are decorated with two sets of three raised blue enamel dots. There is also a ring of six blue dots around the top of the foot. There are traces of gilding at the rim, neck, collars, and sides of the body, although much of this has worn away over time.

It has a height of approximately 22.9cm, with a diameter across the rim of about 5.8cm and across the foot of about 7.9cm.

It has an unwrapped weight of 340g.

It is in excellent condition, with no chips or cracks, although there are a couple of rough patches at the rim where they have tried to polish out bubbles and imperfections before applying the gilding. This is only visible on close inspection and doesn’t detract from the piece. There are also some burst bubbles on the enamel flowers on the front. As previously mentioned, the gilding is fairly worn all over.