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Victorian Lead Crystal Corseted Cut Glass Vase #1806950

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Victorian Lead Crystal Corseted Cut Glass Vase #1806950
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This lead crystal cut glass vase is dazzling! From the Art Deco era, it the intricate Bohemian cut glass design we know and treasure!</em></td>
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Crystal is valued like diamonds and other gems. Its clarity, high quality, and refractiveness create this effect. Crystal has, like diamonds, long been revered for its exquisite beauty and long been desired by royalty and people of all economic means.<p>

Following this tradition, this lead crystal cut glass vase is dazzling! From the Victorian era of the late 19th century, it has the type of intricate cut glass design we have come to know and treasure!<p>

The vase is completely covered with a cut and beveled design, the geometrics of which create its astonishing optical effect. Panels of intaglio wheel-cut flowers and cut glass multi-leaved sprays of leaves encircle the vase--a large, eight-petalled flower, with a finely crosshatched center and vertically striated intaglio petals, centers both the front and the back of the vase.<p>

Two levels of alternating blocks of large and diminutive crosshatching finish both the top and the bottom of the vase. Each row of crosshatched blocks is approximately 3/4 inch thick. The vase has a crenelated top. The bottom of the vase has a many-pointed star design. All rims--including those which are beveled--are polished inside and out--and the base is smooth and polished.<p>

The vase is very well-proportioned. It stands 7 5/8 inches tall: in its corseted shape, it measures, top, middle, and bottom, correspondingly, 3 1/2-2 1/2-3 1/2 inches wide. It is 3 1/2 inches across the top and 3 1/4 inches across the base. The glass is 1/4-inch thick ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Near Mint</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1920s-1930s</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Victorian Lead Crystal Corseted Cut Glass Vase</td></tr>


<tr><td>Type:Cut Glass</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Hillsboro, Ohio USA</td></tr>
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