Cartier Art Deco brooch, carved rock crystal with a fancy platinum mount set with diamonds, original leather box, signed c. 1925
Cartier Art Deco brooch, carved rock crystal with a fancy platinum mount set with two European and cushion cut diamonds (approx. 3 carats TW) further set with two European and cushion cut diamonds (approx. 1 carat TW) with diamond pave work filling out the surrounding floral motif, original leather box, signed and numbered, c. 1925
Edward Hald / Orrefors Art Deco Covered crystal jar c. 1930
EDWARD HALD (1883-1980) Sweden
ORREFORS GLASWERKS Sweden
Covered crystal jar c. 1930
Blown clear crystal with applied black glass foot: blown clear crystal lid with applied black glass finial.
For more information and related illustrations see: Orrefors Glass (New York: Alastair Duncan, Publishers, Inc., 1970); Scandinavian Modern 1880-1980 , David Revere McFadden
Art Deco “Fire Opal” necklace, frosted rock crystal round beads and four sided custom rock crystal bezels set in 18K yellow gold with 16 round–cut accent diamonds featuring five large natural fire opals (G.I.A certificate, dimension of each fire opal, 13.00 x 8.15 x 6.20mm for a TW of approx. 17.50 carats), c. 1940’s
Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstaette, Silverplate and Crystal Cruet Set c.1922
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932) Vienna
Cruet Set c.1922
Silver plated stand with original cut crystal paneled bottles
Model illustrated: Wiener Werkstätte G.M.B.H. catalog (December 1923), kat. nr. M di 5, p. 406. (This WW catalogue is in the collection at the Rare Books Department of the New York Public Library)
Josef Riedel / Bakalowits Soehne / Austrian Jugendstil Crystal carafe c. 1900
JOSEF RIEDEL GLASWERKS Dolni Polubny, Bohemia
BAKALOWITS SÖHNE Vienna
Carafe c. 1900
Clear crystal engraved with a peacock feather (gilding)and inset with an applied colored-glass peacock eye
For more information see: Das Böhmische Glas 1700-1950, Band IV Jugendstil in Böhmen, Alena Adlerová, c.s. (Passau: Passauer Glasmuseum, 1995) pp. 202 – 210.
Hexagonal green-tinted lead crystal covered dish / tazza with lid in a stepped jewel-like form mounted with a silver lid and footed base silver
Marks: WMF logo, moon, crown, 800
For more information see: Wilhelm Wagenfeld und die Moderne Glasindustrie,Walter Scheiffele (Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1994); WMF Ikora Metall / Metalwork, Carlo Burschel and Heinz Scheiffele (Stuttgart, Germany: ARNOLDSCHE, 2006).
Czech Cubism / Art Deco Panel-cut crystal vase c. 1912-25
CZECH CUBISM / ART DECO
Panel-cut vase c. 1912-25
Clear cut lead crystal with amber overlay in conical form with a band of chevron cut designs around the upper third; the conical form above a flaring, paneled foot
For more information see: Czech Cubism: Architecture, Furniture, and Decorative Arts, ed. Alexander von Vegesack, (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1991); Art Deco: Bohemia 1918-1938 (Milan: Electa, 1996); Czech Art Deco 1918-1938 (Prague: The Municipal House, 1998) pp. 74-75.
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