An amber oviform shallow vase
probably American, applied in coloured beaded ornament with a butterfly among strawberry flowers and fruit, on three branch feet, painted in black enamel W. PATENT. L., late 19th century -- 11cm. diam.
Lot Essay
Cf. Charles Hajdamach, British Glass 1800-1840 (1991), p.450, pl.23, for a similar mark.