AMERICAN art glass - Victorian
During the late 1800's (the Victorian Period - 1837-1901), glass makers in the North Eastern United States patented and produced many beautiful and decorative glass houseware items with a variety of colors, shapes and textures. Tumblers, punch cups, finger bowls (!) and liqueurs shown here are from my parents collection.
Wheeling Peachblow, Agata, Mt Washington Satin Glass, Cranberry Glass, Amberina, Blue and Clear Webb Glass and others as included in the collections shown here.
Amberina glass, made at Libbey's New England Glass Works, was a high quality, lead-based, blown art glass, made from 1883 to the late 1890s.
Peachblow was made by several American New England factories in the late 1880's. Most Peachblow glass has a surface shaded from opaque cream to pink.
Peachblow Agata's mottled design was created by applying a metallic stain and came in both shiny and matte finishes.
Cased glass has two or more layers of different colored glass. The pieces in our collection have an inner layer of opaque white glass.
Mother of Pearl (MOP) is so named because of its pearlized finish, and is made up of three layers of glass; white, colored glass, and clear.
This collection highlights the variety of shapes and colors in which Victorian art glass was produced.
Liqueurs were popular among Victorian ladies and serve as miniature examples of the larger cups and tumblers of the era.
Pieces like these spooners, pickle casters, and jam pots were part of the everyday Victorian dining table.
This tulip vase lost its base but was given new life with the addition of a custom silverplate holder made by a California artist in the early 1980's.