A LATE VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED TURQUOISE-OPALINE GLASS CORNUCOPIA VASE

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Opaline is a translucent milky glass which can be coloured with the addition of various metallic oxides. Its manufacture began in about 1810 and with the Bohemian influence had become richer in colour and angular in shape by 1830, enhanced with gilt, silver and enamel decoration. The majority was made in France and Bohemia as experimentation and manufacture of coloured glass had been hindered in Britain with the glass excise.

A LATE VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED TURQUOISE-OPALINE GLASS CORNUCOPIA VASE

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A LATE VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED TURQUOISE-OPALINE GLASS CORNUCOPIA VASE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
With frilled rim, the terminal moulded as a ram's head, on a rectangular base
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Displayed in the Drawing Room of the Private Apartment of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon at Kensington Palace.

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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