This is a small, Victorian, Bohemian, hand-painted ruby glass vase, dating from c1860. The vase is in excellent condition for its age. It shows age related wear and tear to the rim of the base consistent with some 150 years of use. The vase is blown in clear glass, stained with ruby and then gilded and hand-painted. It measures 9 cm (3.6 inches) in diameter at its widest point. It is of shaft and globe type with an applied clear glass triple-annular neck ring which has been gilded. The gilding on the body is of ferns typical of the pteridomania prevalent at the time. There are three applied white enamel panels two which have been hand-painted with flora and one with a head and shoulders portrait of a young woman. It ends in a base which is plain. The vase is 16 cm (6.4 inches) in height. There are no chips, cracks, significant scratches or any other obvious evidence of restoration. The gilding is rubbed in places.It weighs in at 220 g. (~ 8 oz.). We sell ...