c1880 New England Glossy Peachblow Art Glass Vase. Nice piece with no damage<br>originally from the famous Frederick Rindge Collection. 6.25" tall x 4" wide.<br>Rindge was high up in the Mt Washington Glass Collectors Society and I believe<br>others in the Nineties, he was very well respected in the art glass community<br>and shared his expertise in many glass publications. I remember reading his<br>articles in the 1990's when one could only dream of having the opportunity to<br>own an authentic rare piece of American 19th century art glass like this.<br>B25

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This is a magnificent glass vase on a metal base. Overall height is<br>approximately 10 3/8 ", the glass vase measures 9 1/2" and is up to 3 1/4" wide.<br>The diameter of the opening is 1 7/8". Pressed white milk glass with a beaded<br>top rim. Multiple embossed designs around the neck and base as well as embossed<br>scroll-like designs down the full length of the sides. Beautifully hand painted<br>on front and back with multiple small blue flowers with yellow centers and long<br>wispy brown stems and leaves. Reddish-brown accents and many white beads. The<br>metal base consists of a silver-colored ring and four attached gold-colored<br>feet. The ring appears to be made of brass with a silver colored paint, the feet<br>seem to consist of a white/grey metal with gold painting. Both ring and feet are<br>quite ornate. Manufactured by the C.F. Monroe Company in Meriden, CT and the<br>bottom of the vase is accordingly marked with the orange Wavecrest mark as used<br>around 1900. In excellent condition without any damage. No chips, no cracks, no<br>wear other than three enamel dots on the very top rim, no repairs.<br>B25

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c1890 Hobbs Brockunier Wheeling Peachblow Satin glass stick vase. 10" tall x<br>5.5" wide with no cracks, chips, or restorations. There are a few small<br>scratches on the exterior only visible upon close examination. These pretty much<br>always have some and it's rarely mentioned.<br><br><br>In 1886, a Chinese porcelain vase with "Peach Bloom" glaze sold at auction for<br>$18,000. The tremendous price and the phrase Peach Bloom were widely publicized.<br>Within months, American glass companies developed new formulas to capitalize on<br>the Peach Bloom name. This glassware is now collectively referred to as<br>"Peachblow".<br><br>One type of Peachblow, shading from yellow at the bottom to deep red at the top,<br>was made by the Hobbs, Brockunier and Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. It is<br>now called Wheeling Peachblow after the town where it was made. Wheeling<br>Peachblow is a two-layered glass or cased glass. The inside layer is white; the<br>outer layer shades from yellow at the bottom to deep red at the top. Original<br>Wheeling Peachblow was made in two finishes, shiny and satin.<br>B26

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c1890 Amberina Art Glass Footed vase. 5" tall x 3" wide with no cracks, chips, or restorations. Fine quality piece. tw126

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c1880 Mt Washington Burmese Egg Shaped Footed Vase Uranium American Art Glass .<br>Guaranteed late 19th century Mt Washington Burmese Glass, One pic I presented is<br>shining a UV flashlight at it. 7" tall x 4.5" wide, previously sold at Early Art<br>Glass Auction probably in the Nineties.<br>tw126

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c1920 Art Deco Czechoslovakia Iridescent Luster Pottery Vase. 10.25" tall, great amphora style piece with strong Art Deco influence. 2 very small shallow flakes on feet, no other chips, cracks, or restorations. tw104

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c1915 Chinese Bronze Vase with Bamboo Decoration. Extremely heavy for it's size. Lighter in color than a typical bronze patina but I feel like it's been polished before, some discoloration as shown. Came with the note shown inside it. TW74

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c1890 Harrach Bohemian Mary Gregory Style Vase With Cut Gilded top and Magnificent painting Cased Cranberry glass 6.25" tall x 4" wide at rim with no cracks, chips, scratches, and minimal wear to gilding. Tw98

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c1880 Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Vase. 6" tall with no cracks, chips, or<br>restorations. Signed on back.

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Guaranteed 19th century. No cracks, chips, or restorations. c1870 19" Imari<br>Temple Floor Vase 10" wide Meiji Period Japanese Porcelain Palace Vase. Minor<br>wear to Gilding, mainly on ring below neck. It has been drilled long ago most<br>likely to make a lamp.

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Meiji Period c1890 Japanese Imari Figural Fukurokuju Vase. 7.5" tall 1.25" tight hairline in vase rim. No other cracks, chips, or restorations. B4

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Measures 7.5" wide at top x 16.75" tall. Guaranteed right around 110-130 years<br>old and wonderful. No cracks or chips, or excessive wear to enamel. One small<br>nick on inside of the base rim. Some wear to Gilding on rim and foot. This piece<br>is the deepest cranberry I have ever seen. Ruby with a hint of cranberry.

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8" tall x 4.5" wide. All hand decorated. Nice fancy embossing, really good quality porcelain, no cracks, chips, or restorations, minor gold wear on trim and handles.

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c1900 Antique Rosenthal Copenhagen Duck vases pair 6" tall each with no cracks,<br>chips, or restorations. Selling both.<br><br>isshelf

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Antique Meiji Japanese Satsuma Vase 6" tall x 4.5" wide with no cracks, chips,<br>or restorations, very nicely decorated.

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Antique Pink Cut Velvet art glass vase 7" tall with no cracks, chips, or<br>restorations.<br>tw106

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c1890 Bohemian Crackle finish Peachblow art glass vases. 3 3/8" tall x 3.75"<br>wide with no cracks, chips, or restorations. Most likely Kralik. Selling both<br>vases for one price.<br>tw154

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Antique Royal Vienna/KPM Style hand painted Cabinet Portrait vase of beauty. Guaranteed late 19th to early 20th century, 100% hand painted, artist signed Dietrich, likely the same one that did several KPM plaques. This piece being dark and shiny is extremely difficult to photograph and way better in person. 6 7/8" tall x 3.5" wide with no cracks, chips, or restorations. Beautiful complex scene painted on all sides. isshelf

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c1890 English Vaseline Opalescent Whimsy canoe. 6.25" wide x 2 5/8" tall with no damage. English registration number stamped in mold. tw105

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c1890 Mt Washington Burmese vase hand painted with rigaree. Absolutely perfect with no damage or restorations whatsoever, amazing piece 3" tall and wide. MT. WASHINGTON AND PAIRPOINT GLASSMt. Washington and its successor, the Pairpoint Corporation, was one of America’s longest-running luxury glass companies (1837-1957), one that rivaled its better known contemporaries, Tiffany and Steuben. It constantly reinvented and re-invigorated its business through creativity in texture, decoration, pattern, and color - developing a variety of styles and decorating techniques which were so technically complex that few are even practiced today.The Mt. Washington Glass Company was founded in South Boston in 1837, and moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1870. In 1880, Thomas J. Pairpoint, an English silversmith, was hired to run the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, another company in New Bedford which Mt. Washington’s owners established to produce ornate silver-plated mounts for Mt. Washington glass.In 1894, the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company absorbed Mt. Washington, and the company was renamed the Pairpoint Corporation in 1900, which remained the company’s name until it went out of business in 1938. It was revived briefly as the Gundersen-Pairpoint Glass Company but closed permanently in 1957. The company’s most successful years were from 1880 (in the height of the opulent Gilded Age) to 1930 (the end of the exuberant Roaring Twenties).MT. WASHINGTON ART GLASS AND CUT GLASSEnglishman Frederick Shirley was hired in 1872 to run Mt. Washington’s chandelier department, and two years later was put in charge of the entire company. Shirley was entrepreneurial and litigious, quick to adopt new designs and quick to complain if he thought any other firm was copying his wares. By the time he resigned in 1891, he had amassed a total of 27 patents and five design patents for various types of glass, most of which were quite successful.In 1885, Shirley introduced Burmese glass, a translucent glass that shaded from yellow to pink, which was highly decorated in the elegant and sophisticated style characteristic of the day. It became an immediate success on the Art Glass market. Shirley was a good businessman and took advantage of the dawning age of advertising to promote Burmese glass extensively.Mt. Washington’s large decorating shop specialized in enameling. The decorators who worked on Burmese glass also applied their skills to a variety of other decorated glasses with exotic names like Royal Flemish, Crown Milano, Colonial, and Pearl Satin Ware. By 1890, the company was advertising itself as “Headquarters in America for Art Glass Wares.” isshelf

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c1900 Chinese Republic Period Cloisonne Vases pair. Selling the pair of Chinese<br>cloisonne vases from the first quarter of the 20th century. 4 1/16" tall,<br>neither with any damage.<br><br>chinashelf

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c1890 Bohemian Peachblow Enameled vase, 9" tall with no damage and minimal wear.<br>tw274

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c1890 Mt Washington Burmese Thomas Hood poem vase with rigaree. Absolutely perfect with no damage or restorations whatsoever, amazing one of a kind piece that belongs in a museum. 4" tall x 4 1/8" wide. MT. WASHINGTON AND PAIRPOINT GLASS Mt. Washington and its successor, the Pairpoint Corporation, was one of America’s longest-running luxury glass companies (1837-1957), one that rivaled its better known contemporaries, Tiffany and Steuben. It constantly reinvented and re-invigorated its business through creativity in texture, decoration, pattern, and color - developing a variety of styles and decorating techniques which were so technically complex that few are even practiced today. The Mt. Washington Glass Company was founded in South Boston in 1837, and moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1870. In 1880, Thomas J. Pairpoint, an English silversmith, was hired to run the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, another company in New Bedford which Mt. Washington’s owners established to produce ornate silver-plated mounts for Mt. Washington glass. In 1894, the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company absorbed Mt. Washington, and the company was renamed the Pairpoint Corporation in 1900, which remained the company’s name until it went out of business in 1938. It was revived briefly as the Gundersen-Pairpoint Glass Company but closed permanently in 1957. The company’s most successful years were from 1880 (in the height of the opulent Gilded Age) to 1930 (the end of the exuberant Roaring Twenties). MT. WASHINGTON ART GLASS AND CUT GLASS Englishman Frederick Shirley was hired in 1872 to run Mt. Washington’s chandelier department, and two years later was put in charge of the entire company. Shirley was entrepreneurial and litigious, quick to adopt new designs and quick to complain if he thought any other firm was copying his wares. By the time he resigned in 1891, he had amassed a total of 27 patents and five design patents for various types of glass, most of which were quite successful. In 1885, Shirley introduced Burmese glass, a translucent glass that shaded from yellow to pink, which was highly decorated in the elegant and sophisticated style characteristic of the day. It became an immediate success on the Art Glass market. Shirley was a good businessman and took advantage of the dawning age of advertising to promote Burmese glass extensively. Mt. Washington’s large decorating shop specialized in enameling. The decorators who worked on Burmese glass also applied their skills to a variety of other decorated glasses with exotic names like Royal Flemish, Crown Milano, Colonial, and Pearl Satin Ware. By 1890, the company was advertising itself as “Headquarters in America for Art Glass Wares.” isshelf

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c1910 Drip glaze art pottery vase. 5 3/8" tall, great piece with no damage or restorations from the first quarter of the 20th century, maker unknown by me. tw105

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c1890 3.25" fitter Vaseline Opalescent glass lamp shade. 7.5" tall x 5.5" wide with no damage whatsoever, it is a litghter color of vaseline with a smaller amount of Uranium than some but does glow under uv light as shown. tw105

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c1900 Large American Sterling Silver Overlay Vase over emerald green glass.<br>Illegible marks just near the base shown in a few pics, likely Matthews or<br>Alvin, 14" tall x 5.5" wide x 3.75" wide at rim. No cracks, chips, or<br>restorations.<br>isshelf

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c1890 Mt Washington Crown Milano American art glass vase. 8" tall with no cracks, chips, or restorations, and nearly no wear to enamel/gold. Amazing square shaped vase continuously decorated throughout. tw273 MT. WASHINGTON AND PAIRPOINT GLASS Mt. Washington and its successor, the Pairpoint Corporation, was one of America’s longest-running luxury glass companies (1837-1957), one that rivaled its better known contemporaries, Tiffany and Steuben. It constantly reinvented and re-invigorated its business through creativity in texture, decoration, pattern, and color - developing a variety of styles and decorating techniques which were so technically complex that few are even practiced today. The Mt. Washington Glass Company was founded in South Boston in 1837, and moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1870. In 1880, Thomas J. Pairpoint, an English silversmith, was hired to run the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, another company in New Bedford which Mt. Washington’s owners established to produce ornate silver-plated mounts for Mt. Washington glass. In 1894, the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company absorbed Mt. Washington, and the company was renamed the Pairpoint Corporation in 1900, which remained the company’s name until it went out of business in 1938. It was revived briefly as the Gundersen-Pairpoint Glass Company but closed permanently in 1957. The company’s most successful years were from 1880 (in the height of the opulent Gilded Age) to 1930 (the end of the exuberant Roaring Twenties). MT. WASHINGTON ART GLASS AND CUT GLASS Englishman Frederick Shirley was hired in 1872 to run Mt. Washington’s chandelier department, and two years later was put in charge of the entire company. Shirley was entrepreneurial and litigious, quick to adopt new designs and quick to complain if he thought any other firm was copying his wares. By the time he resigned in 1891, he had amassed a total of 27 patents and five design patents for various types of glass, most of which were quite successful. In 1885, Shirley introduced Burmese glass, a translucent glass that shaded from yellow to pink, which was highly decorated in the elegant and sophisticated style characteristic of the day. It became an immediate success on the Art Glass market. Shirley was a good businessman and took advantage of the dawning age of advertising to promote Burmese glass extensively. Mt. Washington’s large decorating shop specialized in enameling. The decorators who worked on Burmese glass also applied their skills to a variety of other decorated glasses with exotic names like Royal Flemish, Crown Milano, Colonial, and Pearl Satin Ware. By 1890, the company was advertising itself as “Headquarters in America for Art Glass Wares.”

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6.75" c1890 Coraline Art glass vase. Minor loss to glass beaded coraline<br>decoration. No cracks, chips, or restorations...

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c1880 Japanese Graduated Miniature Kutani bud vases. No chips, cracks, or restorations. Tallest 5", shortest 3.25", all three great quality but tallest is really great. Selling all three. japandrawer

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c1870 French Old Paris Porcelain Vase with hand painted portrait. Wear to<br>gilding shown, no cracks, chips, or restorations. 12.5" tall.

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c1900 Cranberry Bohemian Moser art glass vase. 8 3/8" tall with no damage,<br>minimal wear to gilding. Antique piece well over 100 years old, unmarked, likely<br>Moser.<br>tw270

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c1900 Green Moser gold enamel art glass vase. 12 3/8" tall, late 19th to early 20th century. A few small chis to factory ground rim, largest shown in third pic, nothing detectable without very close examination and they could be easily ground down. isshelf

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Antique Stevens and Williams Red and white cameo glass vase. 7.25" tall with no cracks, chips, or restorations. Late 19th to very early 20th century.Cameo glass is a luxury form of glass art produced by cameo glass engraving or etching and carving through fused layers of differently colored glass to produce designs, usually with white opaque glass figures and motifs on a dark-colored background. The technique is first seen in ancient Roman art of about 30 BC, where it was an alternative to the more luxurious engraved gem vessels in cameo style that used naturally layered semi-precious gemstones such as onyx and agate. Glass allowed consistent and predictable colored layers, even for round objects.isshelf

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c1900 23.75" Palatial Moser gold decorated vase. Entirely hand painted, huge piece 23.75" tall x 6" wide at the rim. Some wear to gilding, no cracks, chips, or restorations. Guaranteed late 19th to first quarter of the 20th century. Apparently unmarked other than the engraved number or initial inside the factory ground pontil.

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c1900 French Crystalline Art pottery vase. Great looking art pottery vase from the first quarter of the 20th century, I believe it's French. No damage or restorations, 5 1/8" tall x 3.5" wide. tw270

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c1910 Amber Loganberry Carnival Glass Vases By Imperial Pair. Selling the pair shown with wonderful color and iridescence. True amber base color on these 10" tall x 6" wide, a true estate fresh pair that's been together for over 100 years with the same family that never sold anything. These both have very nice iridescence, better than average. 9-10 years ago a few of these brought over 2k each for one vase at Seeck Carnival glass auction. I'm going to assume that those bidders got carried away and possibly they even had better iridescence even though that's difficult to imagine. isshelf

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c1900 Whimsical Japanese Satsuma vase with people holding lanterns 5" tall, unusually colorful piece from the late 19th to early 20th century. No cracks, chips, or restorations. TW218

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c1910 Loetz Candia Papillon Footed vase. 5 3/8" tall with 4.75" rim, unmarked<br>with no cracks, chips, or restorations.<br>B48

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Antique Royal Vie3nna Style Hand Painted Cabinet Vase. 7" tall x 3.75" wide with<br>no cracks, chips, or restorations. Some loss to some of the white "jewels" that<br>decorate the vase and a few of the gold ones.

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Arthur Allison Texas Studio Art glass miniature vase/toothpick holder. 3" tall with no damage or wear. toothpickdrawer

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c1880 Meiji Period French Bronze mounted Japanese Satsuma vase 11.5" tall with no cracks, chips, or restorations. Late 19th century Japanese vase with French bronze mountings of the same period. tw211

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c1860 Staffordshire cow and farmer spill vases. Each 8" tall x 9.5" wide with no<br>cracks, chips, or restorations.

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c1920 American Imperial Lead Luster Cobalt Iridescent Swirled vase. 6.75" tall x 3 1/8" rim. Nice antique 95-100 year old American art glass vase. isshelf

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c1900 Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Overlay Art glass Vases. Selling both vases<br>shown, Loetz Iridescent 4.25" tall, The other pink cased Opaline 5 1/8" tall<br>with Sterling fish mark. Both tested sterling but I could find no markings on<br>the Loetz piece which is typical.. Neither with any cracks, chips, or<br>restorations.<br>tw134

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c1900 Pink Satin glass Hand enameled vase. 9" tall, great piece from late 19th to early 20th century. No damage or repairs. TW161

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c1900 Northwood Reverse swirl frit Vaseline glass toothpick holder. Factory<br>ground rim has slight roughness to inner section, no chips on top, no cracks. 2<br>1/8" tall.<br>toothpickdrawer

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c1900 Harrach Gold/Platinum Enamel 12.25" vase with Storks/Butterflies. Nice size and shpe, better than the pics suggest. I'm 100% sure it is over 100 years old and top quality hand blown/hand painted vase, I believe it was made by Harrach in what is now Czechoslovakia. tw168

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c1890 Majolica Vases with Silverplate Mounts. 8.75" tall x 5.75" wide, rare and unusual. minor loss to a few petals which appears to have been touched up. No major loss, no cracks, one of the silverplate tops looks slightly bent on the back. No identifying marks other than a few scratched numbers on the frames which I'm assuming are silverplate. No wear to the plating, just some tarnish. b12

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c1910 Chinese Republic period famille rose vase. Great 13.5" tall hand painted Chinese vase from the first quarter of the 20th century with no cracks, chips, or restorations. isshelf

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c1900 Kralik Martele Verre-de-Soie Art Nouveau Bohemian art glass vase. Fantastic piece of Bohemian Art Nouveau period and style art glass from the first quarter of the 20th century with no cracks, chips, or restorations. 5.5" tall nice iridescence that didn't show well in the pics. tw193

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c1890 Mt Washington Burmese Trumpet Vases Graduated sizes. Selling both pieces of guaranteed authentic Mt Washington late 19th century American Burmese glass. No cracks, chips, or restorations. They were both purchased from Early's Art Glass Auction in the nineties. They measure 12.75" tall and 9.25" tall.Burmese glass is a type of opaque colored art glass, shading from yellow to pink. It is found in either the rare original "shiny" finish or the more common "satin" finish. It is used for table glass and small, ornamental vases and dressing table articles.It was made in 1885 by the Mount Washington Glass Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. Burmese glass found favor with Queen Victoria. From 1886, the British company of Thomas Webb & Sons was licensed to produce the glass. Their version, known as Queen's Burmeseware, which was used for tableware and decorative glass, often with painted decoration. Burmese was also made after 1970 by the Fenton art glass company.Burmese is a uranium glass. The formula to produce Burmese Glass contains uranium oxide with tincture of gold added. The uranium oxide produced the inherent soft yellow color of Burmese glass. Because of the added gold, the characteristic pink blush of color of Burmese was fashioned by re-heating the object in the furnace. The length of time in the furnace will determine the intensity of the color. Strangely, if the object is subjected to the heat again, it will return to the original yellow color isshelf

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c1910 Japanese Brass/Bronze Ikebana Planter/Vase. Nice piece from the first quarter of the 20th century. Top is 12 5/8" wide 10" total height. Appears to have a little silver inlay in the lightweight bronze pot. A few small dents. It is patinated but lighter than other bronze examples I've had so I feel maybe it's brass.

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c1880 Miniature Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Vase with Egret 3.5" tall with no<br>damage, loss, or scratches. Nice over 100 year old piece in an unusual size.<br>TW251

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c1860 Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Canton Bottle Form Vase. Nice piece from the mid 19th century 9.25" tall x 5" wide with no cracks, chips, or restorations, slight roughness on footrim in one spot. TW248

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c1860 Masons Chinese Vase Ironstone Chinoisiere Hand Painted Polychromed Transferware Wash bowl and pitcher set. No cracks, chips, restorations, or crazing, light wear to peach lustre on rim of pitcher and slight wear to hand painted polychrome decoration inside bowl from pitcher resting inside. bowl 14.25"dia., pitcher 13" Charles James Mason registered his Patent Ironstone China trademark in 1813. Mr. Mason was an astute entrepreneur who had already been involved in the early 18th century porcelain import trade from China by the East India Company. When bulk imports basically stopped in the late 18th century, Mr. Mason turned his skills to the manufacture of ceramics in the “Chinese style.” Ironstone, a dense opaque, earthenware, lent itself well to decoration in under-glaze blues as well as the over-glaze enamels. Mason’s wares were an instant success and have remained highly desirable with collectors for almost 200 years. Their decorative patterns, many in a primitive Chinoiserie style, remain unsurpassed for their charm and earthy beauty

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Great piece wonderful patina 6.25" tall. Artist signed by I'm sure a listed<br>artist. There is a pinhole in the base and I'm not sure why as it's very thick<br>heavy bronze, the hole is too small for a lamp cord and it would not look right<br>mounted. Other than that no issues, surely a 1k+ piece by a listed artist with<br>weird/messy handwriting. Me spending an hour trying to figure out who that is<br>won't make this any nicer than it is. I would rather give a better price than<br>waste time. 881.7 grams.<br>tw203

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c1880 Meiji Period Japanese Bronze Vase with Relief Birds flowers and serpent handles. Large and very heavy piece 19th century solid bronze, well thought out work of art. No significant issues, minor wear to patina, no bends or dents, solid piece. 16" tall x 6.75" handle to handle.

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c1890 Victorian Art Glass Collection, Rainbow blown mold vase, Brides bowl, Uranium Vaseline satin Rose bowl, Amberina mug. Selling the 4 pieces shown with no cracks, chips, or restorations. There is a gilt over factory chip on top rim of the amberian mug which is 3.25" tall, vase is 6.5" tall, rose bowl is 3.25" wide, brides bowl is 10 5/8 x 2.5" tall with a 3 5/16" footrim. TW203

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c1890 Mt Washington decorated burmese vase. 4.75" tall x 5" wide with no damage.MT. WASHINGTON AND PAIRPOINT GLASSMt. Washington and its successor, the Pairpoint Corporation, was one of America’s longest-running luxury glass companies (1837-1957), one that rivaled its better known contemporaries, Tiffany and Steuben. It constantly reinvented and re-invigorated its business through creativity in texture, decoration, pattern, and color - developing a variety of styles and decorating techniques which were so technically complex that few are even practiced today.The Mt. Washington Glass Company was founded in South Boston in 1837, and moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1870. In 1880, Thomas J. Pairpoint, an English silversmith, was hired to run the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, another company in New Bedford which Mt. Washington’s owners established to produce ornate silver-plated mounts for Mt. Washington glass.In 1894, the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company absorbed Mt. Washington, and the company was renamed the Pairpoint Corporation in 1900, which remained the company’s name until it went out of business in 1938. It was revived briefly as the Gundersen-Pairpoint Glass Company but closed permanently in 1957. The company’s most successful years were from 1880 (in the height of the opulent Gilded Age) to 1930 (the end of the exuberant Roaring Twenties).MT. WASHINGTON ART GLASS AND CUT GLASSEnglishman Frederick Shirley was hired in 1872 to run Mt. Washington’s chandelier department, and two years later was put in charge of the entire company. Shirley was entrepreneurial and litigious, quick to adopt new designs and quick to complain if he thought any other firm was copying his wares. By the time he resigned in 1891, he had amassed a total of 27 patents and five design patents for various types of glass, most of which were quite successful.In 1885, Shirley introduced Burmese glass, a translucent glass that shaded from yellow to pink, which was highly decorated in the elegant and sophisticated style characteristic of the day. It became an immediate success on the Art Glass market. Shirley was a good businessman and took advantage of the dawning age of advertising to promote Burmese glass extensively.Mt. Washington’s large decorating shop specialized in enameling. The decorators who worked on Burmese glass also applied their skills to a variety of other decorated glasses with exotic names like Royal Flemish, Crown Milano, Colonial, and Pearl Satin Ware. By 1890, the company was advertising itself as “Headquarters in America for Art Glass Wares.” isshelf

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c1900 Art Nouveau Royal Bonn Hand Painted Roses Vase. 8" tall x 7" wide with no<br>cracks, chips, or restorations, fine overall crazing with no stains.<br>Royal Bonn is the 19th and 20th Century Trade Name used by the renowned<br>craftsman Franz Anton Mehlem, who produced pottery in Bonn, Germany from 1836 to<br>1931. Fine Porcelain and Earthenware were manufactured in the factory. In 1921,<br>the firm was purchased by Villeroy & Boch and closed in 1931.<br>TW228

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