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An Unusual Victorian Silver & Vaseline Glass Posy Vase
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An Unusual Victorian Silver & Vaseline Glass Posy Vase

1900 - 1920
Description

A gorgeous silver and glass bud or posy vase assayed at the Birmingham Office. This charming late Victorian example has a round, weighted silver base with repousse design, featuring flowers and leaves to the sides. The glass is vaseline in pale blue and has a bulbous body and flared rim. Victorians delighted in small flowers such a violets and primroses and this is a lovely gift idea, being both practical and decorative. Dimensions below.

Postage and packing £12.00 UK

£20.00 Europe

£50.00 USA (including 10% tariff)

£28.00 Outside Europe

Condition :- Excellent, with no splits, holes or dents. The glass has no chips or cracks.

Hallmarks :- Clear and readable.

Maker :- William Devenport.

Date :- Birmingham 1900.

Height :- 17 cms.

Base diameter:- 4 cms.

Rim diameter :- 6 cms.

Physical Dimensions
Height
17cm (6.69")
Width
6cm (2.36")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Declaration

Jeff Sims Antiques has dated this Silver Vaseline Posy Vase to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1206713
Dealers Internal Reference
13787
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Description
A gorgeous silver and glass bud or posy vase assayed at the Birmingham Office.
This charming late Victorian example has a round, weighted silver base with repousse design, featuring flowers and leaves to the sides.
Jeff Sims Antiques

The glass is vaseline in pale blue and has a bulbous body and flared rim. Victorians delighted in small flowers such a violets and primroses and this is a lovely gift idea, being both practical and decorative. Dimensions below.

fig 1. A Victorian silver posy vase featuring an embossed floral stem and a frilled vaseline glass top.
fig 1. An Unusual Victorian Silver & Vaseline Glass Posy Vase

Postage and packing £12.00 UK

£20.00 Europe

£50.00 USA (including 10% tariff)

£28.00 Outside Europe

Condition :- Excellent, with no splits, holes or dents. The glass has no chips or cracks.

Hallmarks :- Clear and readable.

Maker :- William Devenport.

Date :- Birmingham 1900.

Height :- 17 cms.

Base diameter:- 4 cms.

Rim diameter :- 6 cms.

Height
17cm (6.69")
Width
6cm (2.36")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Date of Manufacture

Jeff Sims Antiques has dated this Silver Vaseline Posy Vase to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1206713
Dealers Internal Ref
13787
Jeff Sims Antiques
Jeff Sims Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Jan 2010

Specialists in antique silver, glassware and objects of vertu

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Archive I A Victorian silver posy vase featuring an embossed floral stem and a frilled vaseline glass top.

An Unusual Victorian Silver & Vaseline Glass Posy Vase

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A Victorian silver posy vase featuring an embossed floral stem and a frilled vaseline glass top.
An unusual Victorian Silver & Vaseline Glass Posy Vase
Ref: SA1206713
A Victorian silver posy vase featuring an embossed floral stem and a frilled vaseline glass top.
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Antiques are the ultimate green purchase. By choosing historical pieces over newly manufactured goods, you completely eliminate the carbon footprint of modern mass production while preserving exceptional, timeless craftsmanship.

A Victorian vaseline glass posy vase is a decorative vessel designed in the nineteenth century to display small flower arrangements or single blooms. These pieces frequently feature cast or silver-plated metal pedestals paired with hand-blown uranium glass tops.

These vases typically combine sterling silver, electroplated nickel silver, or silver plate with vaseline glass. Vaseline glass contains small amounts of uranium oxide, which imparts a pale yellow-green translucent colour and fluoresces under ultraviolet light.

Authentic pieces can be identified by testing the glass with a UV light source to verify fluorescent reaction, alongside examining the metal base for Victorian silver hallmarks or maker marks. Period glass often displays hand-blown characteristics such as pontil scars and minor variations in thickness.

A posy vase can be placed on a mantelpiece, sideboard, or deep window sill where natural sunlight highlights the colouration of the glass. It functions effectively either as a standalone accent or grouped alongside complementary antique glassware.

Wash the glass reservoir using warm water and mild liquid soap, avoiding hot thermal shocks. Clean the silver mount gently with a soft cotton cloth and appropriate silver polish, ensuring chemicals do not seep into the seam where the glass attaches to the metal.
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