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A Pair of Victorian Ruby Lustres
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A Pair of Victorian Ruby Lustres

19th century
Description

Victorian ruby glass lustres with gilt and polychrome decorations with faceted drops (2 missing) . There is wear to gilding and some damages to the drops.

Hight 31 cm

Diameter 14 cm

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Highmeads Antiques has dated these Victorian Ruby Glass Lustres to the Victorian era.

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Description
Victorian ruby glass lustres with gilt and polychrome decorations with faceted drops (2 missing) . There is wear to gilding and some damages to the drops.

Hight 31 cm

Diameter 14 cm

Please email for shipping cost.

Date of Manufacture

Highmeads Antiques has dated these Victorian Ruby Glass Lustres to the Victorian era.

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A pair of Victorian ruby glass mantel lustres featuring scalloped edges, hand-painted floral enamel, gilding, and suspended cut crystal prisms.
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Archive I A pair of Victorian ruby glass mantel lustres featuring scalloped edges, hand-painted floral enamel, gilding, and suspended cut crystal prisms.

A Pair of Victorian Ruby Lustres

Archive II A pair of Victorian ruby glass mantel lustres featuring scalloped edges, hand-painted floral enamel, gilding, and suspended cut crystal prisms. View II
Archive III A pair of Victorian ruby glass mantel lustres featuring scalloped edges, hand-painted floral enamel, gilding, and suspended cut crystal prisms. View III
Archive IV A pair of Victorian ruby glass mantel lustres featuring scalloped edges, hand-painted floral enamel, gilding, and suspended cut crystal prisms. View IV
Archive V A pair of Victorian ruby glass mantel lustres featuring scalloped edges, hand-painted floral enamel, gilding, and suspended cut crystal prisms. View V
Archive VI A pair of Victorian ruby glass mantel lustres featuring scalloped edges, hand-painted floral enamel, gilding, and suspended cut crystal prisms. View VI
Archive VII A pair of Victorian ruby glass mantel lustres featuring scalloped edges, hand-painted floral enamel, gilding, and suspended cut crystal prisms. View VII
Archive VIII A pair of Victorian ruby glass mantel lustres featuring scalloped edges, hand-painted floral enamel, gilding, and suspended cut crystal prisms. View VIII
Archive IX A pair of Victorian ruby glass mantel lustres featuring scalloped edges, hand-painted floral enamel, gilding, and suspended cut crystal prisms. View IX
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A pair of Victorian ruby glass mantel lustres featuring scalloped edges, hand-painted floral enamel, gilding, and suspended cut crystal prisms.
A pair of Victorian ruby lustres
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A pair of Victorian ruby glass mantel lustres featuring scalloped edges, hand-painted floral enamel, gilding, and suspended cut crystal prisms.
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  • ObjectMantel Lustres
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialRuby Glass, Crystal, Enamel, Gold Leaf
  • ColourRuby Red
  • MotifsScalloped rims, Enamel floral motifs, Cut glass prisms, Gilded geometric borders

A pair of Victorian ruby glass mantel lustres provides a striking decorative statement for any living room display. Each piece stands upright on a circular red base, featuring a baluster-turned stem that supports a bulbous bowl with a scalloped rim. The lustres are fashioned from deep red ruby glass and ornamented with hand-painted enamel floral motifs, gilded geometric borders, and delicate white dot patterns. Suspended from the rim of each bowl hang multiple faceted cut crystal prisms that catch the light. The photograph reveals a vivid red fabric background behind the objects, a smooth polished finish on the glass bodies, and visible wear to the gold leaf along the upper rims. Measuring 31 cm in height with a 14 cm diameter, these decorative vessels are positioned nicely on a mantelpiece or a display shelf to bring traditional nineteenth-century character into an interior space today.

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Glass lustres are 19th-century decorative vessels designed to sit on a mantelpiece or sideboard, featured with hanging cut-crystal prisms that refract light.

These items were produced using blown cranberry or ruby glass coloured with copper or gold salts, frequently embellished with hand-applied enamel decoration and cut lead crystal drop pendants.

Authentic 19th-century pieces typically feature pontil marks on the base, subtle hand-drawn irregularities in the glass, hand-painted gilding or enamel motifs, and cut-crystal prisms suspended by wire hooks.

Position a pair symmetrically on a fireplace mantelpiece, dining sideboard, or console table to create visual balance and allow ambient light to catch the crystal prisms.

Dust the glass surfaces gently with a soft microfibre cloth and clean crystal drops individually with lukewarm water and mild soap, avoiding harsh chemicals on hand-painted enamel and gilded details.
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