ANTIQUE MOSER GLASS TINY VASE W APPLIED ACORN Antique Moser glass miniature vase with gilding and applied acorns. Made in Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) 19th century. <P><P>
Measures 2 3/4 inches high. <P><P>
Very fine soft green glass with a pearly, almost opalescent look to it. Baluster shape with flaring rim. Decoration is handgilded oak leaves on a branch that runs right around the vase as well as a pair of 3 dimentional applied acorns. Unmistakably Moser decoration, although not signed. <P><P>
GOod condition with minor loss to gilding.  

6 FRITZ HECKERT 1895 GILDED ENAMEL WINE GLASS Antique set of 6 cut enameled and gilded wine glass goblets. Made by Fritz Heckert in Bohemia (now Czech Republic) 1895. <P><P>
Each glass is 7 3/4 inches tall. <P><P>
Curved, round base with engraved and gilded and blue enamelled simple patterns. The stem is in the old German drinking glass tradition with knops and applied prunkts

in the form of flowers. Concentric ridged rings in graduated sizes and inverted cones make the clear necks fascinating in themselves and the complex form results in

a perpetual play of light on the glass. The bowls of the goblets are outstanding examples of classic Fritz Heckert glass-making technique, combining staining, cut

glass, enamel, gilding and wonderful design. Heart pattern with tiny flowers. Colours are yellow and green against a red ground with blue borders on top and bottom

and a white enamel pattern going around the circumference. The whole is very richly gilded. <P><P>
Like most Bohemian glass, there are no factory marks, but there is no doubt that these glasses are from the Fritz Heckert factory (guarranteed). <P><P>
Condition is amazingly good. One glass has a minute spot on the underneath rim, shown highly magnified in the 'photos, merely to be sticklers for detail, but in fact

less than negligible and original to the manufacture. Otherwise, no chips/cracks/wear/loss/restoration of any sort.  

MOSER GLASS VASE SIGNED MOSER KARLSBAD R WELS Antique / vintage Moser glass vase with oroplastic (acid etched and gilded) ANIMOR scene of elephants in the bush / jungle. Made in Bohemia (now Czech Republic)

1920's, artist and factory signed. <P><P>
Oval top measures 5 inches along the long side. Height is just over 4 1/2 inches. <P><P>
Fan shaped oval widening towards the top. Bottom has carved out fluting with gilded rings. Most of the body is acid etched and gilded with an Animor continuous

frieze of elephants in the bush, birds flying overhead amongst lightly defined clouds. A number of Palm trees are interspersed amongst the animals and grass.

Elephants in a variety of activities, postures and sizes. Green and red lowlights, but the overwhelming colour is gold on a very dark violet, amethyst glass which

looks black until seen with light shining through it. <P><P>
Underneath the bottom is acid etched with Moser mark. Moser Karlsbad is marked in the thick gilding on one side under a palm tree. Initials RW for artist /

designer, Rudolf Wels also somewhat hidden in the grass. <P><P>
Very good condition. No chips/cracks/damage/restoration of any sort to be found.  

BOHEMIAN FRITZ HECKERT PAPERWEIGHT GLASS VASE Antique art glass paperweight vase with handpainted decoration. Made Bohemia (now Czech Republic), circa 1900 in the Fritz Heckert factory. <P><P>
Measures 8 1/8 inches high. 4 1/8 inches in diameter on the top. <P><P>
Round very heavy glass base, made as a paperweight. Narrows to the cylindrical neck and then trumpet form, gently flaring body of the vase. Glass is transparent. A series of concentric golden yellow glass circles on borders and on body, with black outlines and rings of white enamel 'jewels' or beads. <P>
Linear decoration - black outlines filled in with bright blue. Arching spriggs of foliage alternate with bright golden yellow butterflies - also with the black outline and with white enamel jewels. The identical decoration can be seen in a number of long-stemmed glasses by Fritz Heckert on page 71, vol V of Das Bohmische Glas 1700 - 1950, (the ultimate book on Bohemian glass). The example on the left has identical foliage in the identical shade of blue, but no butterflies. Butterflies can be seen on another Fritz Heckert vase, page 68 of the same book. <P><P>
There is no mark on the vase but there is no doubt that it was made by Fritz Heckert. <P><P>
Very good condition. Negligible surface scratches underneath the vase where it came in touch with a table/surface, but no chips/cracks/damage or restoration of any sort on the body of the vase.  

MOSER GLASS DECANTER w 6 WINE GOBLETS ENAMEL Antique cranberry glass liqueur decanter with 6 matching wine goblets - rich enamel and gold butterflies, bugs, insects and flowers. Made by the Moser factory, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) 19th century. <P><P>
Decanter is 12 inches tall. Wine glasses 4 1/8 inches tall. <P><P>
The best enamelling that came out of the Moser factory:
Decanter has a full, round bottom with long, elegant neck. Stopper is cut into many facets, like a diamond, each with gold outline and gold scroll within.
The entire surface of both decanter and goblets are superbly enamelled deep pinky red cranberry glass with tons of gold highlights. Butterflies and bugs abound on each piece, flitting amongst the multi-coloured foliage and blue and white berries. <P><P>
Stopper is marked with a handwritten gold 35. <P><P>
Condition is very good. There is negligible gilt wear to rims and top of stopper, and a couple of minor fleatbites to the bottom of the stopper, but nothing that comes close to a chip/crack/damage of any sort.  

ANTIQUE MOSER BOHEMIAN / CZECH GLASS BOWL Moser art glass, richly enamelled bowl. Made Bohemia / Czechoslovakia, circa 1880 - 1920. <P><P>
5 inches high; 6 5/8 inches in diameter. <P><P>
Bowl has two-tiered round base embellishes with polished gold. The bowl flares from the bottom with a gentle outwards curve towards the top. The entire surface is richly enamelled with ducks, butterflies, flowers and other fanciful and imaginative images in a wide range of bright colours.<P><P>
As is usual for these pieces, there is no signature or factory mark. <P><P>
Very good condition. No chips/cracks/damage of any sort. Negligible black marks on gilding shown magnified in the 'photos.<P><P>
I have been informed that the artist was Jose Cire Royo ROYO or CIRE.  

MOSER BOHEMIAN SHADED GLASS INTAGLIO ENGRAVED Antique shaded green art glass Pitcher / jug with intaglio engraved flowers made by Ludwig Moser and Sohne, Bohemia (now Czech Republic), 1890's. <P><P>
Measures 12 1/2 inches high. <P><P>
Thick glassed round base. Narrows towards the top in facets whose angles result in interesting light reflection combinations. Glass is green cased inside clear with the green showing on the top and cut away towards the bottom. The glass is further hand engraved in an intaglio tulip pattern. Exquisite detail - the closer you look, the more detail you see, from the striations of the bent and folded leaves, in the best Art Nouveau elongated, swirling design, to the acutely observed botanic inner parts such as the stamen with anthers on the ends.<P><P>
Very good condtion. No damage/restoration of any sort.  

ANTIQUE BOHEMIAN 3-LAYER CUT GLASS HP GOBLET Antique 3-layer cut glass, handpainted pedestal beaker, goblet vase. Made Bohemia (now Czech Republic), 19th century, circa 1880 - 1900. <P><P>
Measures 6 1/4 inches high. <P><P>
Tremendous technical skill used to blow this vase in 3 layers - deep blue cut to clear with white opaque interior. Cut with rows of round windows to reveal the inner

layer, which creates a great visual play as it moves to different angles. The round windows of the main part of the body are each handpainted, very, very finely with

flowers - pink roses, blue daisies etc. Gilded upper rim. Technical and artistic skill as only found in the best Bohemian glass of the 1800's. <P><P>
Very good condition - no chips/cracks/damage/restoration of any sort and the painting remains fresh and clear - obviously a well looked after piece for over 100

years.  

LOETZ IRIDESCENT GLASS BOX w ENAMEL THISTLE F Antique Loetz glass box with hand painted thistle flowers in enamel. 19th - early 20th century, Bohemia / Czechoslovakia (Now Czech Republic). <P><P>
Measures 5 3/4 inches accross at widest part and a little under 3 inches high.<P><P>
Classic Loetz glass with scaley surface and great iridescence on a gold-orange ground. Colours go from blue to green, purple and silver. The surface top and

sides is hand painted in enamel with a thistle pattern - not sure whether it's a Scottish theme as it seems to have Egyptian Revival papyrus overtones.

Whatever the case, it is very well done in the Aesthetic style. <br>
A metal mount surrounds top and bottom rim and joins them with a hinge. <P><P>
The only mark is a gold handwritten 43 on the inside of the lid.<P><P>
Very good condition. No chips/cracks/restorations.  

1870 SIGNED CARL PIETSCH LOBMEYR ENGRAVED GLA Antique signed engraved glass pitcher. Made in Bohemia (then part of Austrian Empire) by Kamenicky Senov factory and engraved by Karl (Carl) Pietsch (1828 - 1883) and retailed by Lobmeyr company in Vienna. Made circa 1874. <P><P>
Measures 13 1/2 inches tall. <P><P>
Hollow round base with narrow neck with small flattened knopf. Classic amphora shape. The entire surface is superbly engraved with the 3 GRACES, cupids and winged putti and lots of birds. A ring of very finely detailed flowers and berries encircles the base and the same goes around the slope above the shoulder of the pitcher near the bottom end of the handle. The entire surface is richly covered in continuous joyous decoration. Quality is outstanding. Magnificent nude figures of the women with wonderful attention to detail and tremendous artistic sensitivity. <P><P>
The base has an engraved Lobmeyr signature. Below the feet of one cupid is the CP signature of Carl Pietsch. <P><P>
Condition is excellent. No chips/cracks/damage/restoration of any sort.  

BLUE GOLD LOETZ TITANIA GLASS SILVER OVERLAY Outstanding Loetz Titania glass vase with sterling silver overlay. Made in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia) early 20th century. <P><P>
A little over 4 1/2 inches high. <P><P>
Irregularly organic shaped vase, like an exotic flower with ruffled petals turning out on the top. Silvery gold iridescent green with the inside a deep,

rich blue.
Depending on the angle of the light, pearly colours change and change and change. Sterling silver overlay with rims winding around the upper and lower

borders and the body fitted with scrolling flowers with engraved highlights. Engraved sterling mark. <P><P>
Good condition.  

LOETZ MARQUETRY SIGNED & NUMBERED GLASS VASE Signed and numbered iridescent art glass vase, made by Loetz, late 19th to early 20th century, Bohemia.
Measures just under 10 1/2 inches high.
Roughly diamond shaped with unequal, clearly handformed sides, tapering towards the top. Very rare technique of inlaid / marquetry glass, most famously made late 19th century by Emil Galle and considered the apex of his artistry. The glass is iridescent amethyst with pink and white inlaid flowers and stems, bending and twisting in every direction and even leaving the ground of the vase at one point and forming an arch (see 'photos).
The ground glass has a wonderful iridescence and changes in colour depending on the light, much like petrol in water. While the outside has a fairly rough orange-peel texture, the inside is silky smoothe.
Underneath, the vase has engraved signature LOETZ and number 14392.Very good condition with no chips/cracks/damage/restoration.
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The marquetry technique in art glass is extremely rare. The last example I saw was by Galle and priced at $100 000.00

We have been informed by very reliable sources that despite the Loetz signature, this glass was actually made by the Glass factory Elisabeth at Kostany in the town of Teplitz, also known as Elisabethhutte or Kostany, depending on the language spoken. They made glass for many factories in the then Habsburg Empire (including Bohemia), so the Loetz signature is not too way out of line.
 

MOSER GLASS TUMBLER W V RICH ENAMELLING 19C Small Moser glass tumbler, made in Bohemia 19th century.
Measures slightly more than 2 3/4inches tall.
Unusual turquoise coloured glass almost entirely covered in the richest enamelling to be found, which Baldwin refers to as 'distinctively Moser' (page 111).
Blue and white leaves, outlined in golden orange and seperated by a mass of waving narrow foliage that extends to cover the entire bottom of the tumbler as well.
Very good condition.  

MOSER VASE CUT ACID ETCHED ENAMEL GILDED 19C Very rare tour de force of glass techniques in a single vase, made Bohemia by Moser or Fritz Heckert, 19th century.
9 1/4inch high.
Slender, elegant shape divided into sections, each with a different technique and pattern, all of the highest quality workmanship and beautiful design.
The round, faceted, bottom leads to a band of blue enameled glass, cut away to a poppy pattern, with gilded scrolling foliage. Above this, 2 rich white enamel and gold seperating bands contain a very fine cut and coloured complex floral design, in which the polychrome stained glass immitates the complexities of cut glass. The patterns are cut and very finely gilded. Above this, all the way to the top is deeply cut glass, ending in scalloped fan rims.
The area between deep mitres has a very subtle acid etched gilded pattern.
Condition is excellent. No chips/cracks.  

ROSSLER AMETHYST GLASS ENAMEL VASE HARLEQUIN Rossler amethyst glass vase with richly enamelled figure of Punchinello. Made Bohemia, 19th

century.
5 1/2inches high.
Frilly edged amethyst glass vase. Tubular body widening at the bottom. Decorated with the

extremely rich unmistakable enamelling of Rossler against a gold outlined background. A garland

of enamel flowers underneath the figure is quite unusual. The figure wearing pantaloons of a

turquoise blue, pink fringed vest of deep blue with a red shirt and white ruffled collar. A high

hat on his head. Pink humpback. Red pompoms on his slippers. A dark stick held behind his back.

Great detail.
Excellent condition - no damage of any sort.