COLLECTION OF FOUR DECORATIVE GLASS AND CERAMIC PIECES - MID-20TH CENTURY

A CHARMING ASSEMBLAGE OF FOUR DECORATIVE PIECES SPANNING CERAMIC, STONEWARE, AND ART GLASS PRODUCTION, REPRESENTATIVE OF MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY BRITISH AND EUROPEAN DECORATIVE ARTS.

LOT CONTENTS:

1. BELL'S SCOTCH WHISKY CERAMIC DECANTER
PORCELAIN BELL-FORM DECANTER WITH PRINTED COAT OF ARMS AND MAKER'S MARK READING 'BELL'S SCOTCH WHISKY'. FEATURES BRASS COLLAR AND CORK STOPPER. THE CERAMIC BODY EXHIBITS THE CHARACTERISTIC CREAM GLAZE WITH GILT-BRONZE METAL MOUNTS TYPICAL OF WHISKY DECANTERS FROM THIS PERIOD. HEIGHT APPROXIMATELY 15 CM.

2. STONEWARE JUG WITH HANDLE
BUFF-COLOURED STONEWARE VESSEL WITH APPLIED HANDLE AND CORK STOPPER. EMBOSSED CIRCULAR MEDALLION TO BODY WITH 'HB' MONOGRAM, CONSISTENT WITH CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN POTTERY MANUFACTURE. THE GLAZE EXHIBITS WARM HONEY TONES AND NATURAL AGE PATINA. HEIGHT APPROXIMATELY 18 CM.

3. ART GLASS BIRD FIGURINE
SCULPTURAL FORM IN CLEAR GLASS WITH INTERNAL COLOUR WORK IN DEEP GREEN AND PURPLE TONES. THE PIECE DEMONSTRATES THE FLUID, ORGANIC DESIGN LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTIC OF MID-CENTURY ART GLASS PRODUCTION. THE BIRD FORM IS RENDERED WITH ELEGANT ELONGATED PROPORTIONS AND SHARP POINTED CREST DETAIL. HEIGHT APPROXIMATELY 20 CM.

4. CLEAR GLASS HORSE FIGURINE
TRANSPARENT GLASS HORSE WITH INTERNAL COLOUR INFUSION IN RED AND AMBER TONES CREATING A NATURALISTIC MANE AND BODY COLOURATION. THE PIECE EXHIBITS FINE DETAIL TO THE LEGS AND NECK, WITH THE GLASS BODY SHOWING EXCELLENT CLARITY. HEIGHT APPROXIMATELY 18 CM.

CONDITION SUMMARY:
THE CERAMIC DECANTER SHOWS MINOR WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE TO THE BRASS COLLAR FINISH. THE STONEWARE JUG RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL PATINA WITH NO CHIPS OR CRACKS. BOTH ART GLASS FIGURINES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGE, CHIPS, OR REPAIRS EVIDENT. ALL PIECES ARE COMPLETE AND STRUCTURALLY SOUND.

NOTE: THESE PIECES REPRESENT THE DECORATIVE GLASS AND CERAMIC PRODUCTION OF THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY, A PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT INNOVATION IN BOTH FUNCTIONAL AND ORNAMENTAL GLASSWARE DESIGN. THE COLLECTION DEMONSTRATES THE RANGE OF MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED DURING THIS ERA, FROM TRADITIONAL CERAMIC WHISKY DECANTERS TO CONTEMPORARY ART GLASS SCULPTURE.

Item Size: Height: 18cm, Width: 26cm, Depth: 20cm, Weight: 3Kg

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

997498+6

Location of item: 69 Manchester Road, Carrara, QLD, Australia

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