Queen’s Burmeseware yellow glass Vase enamelled with butterflies
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Queen’s Burmeseware yellow glass Vase enamelled with butterflies
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Queen’s Burmeseware yellow glass Vase enamelled with butterflies:
with gilded flowering branches with coral-coloured flowers on a rich
yellow ground. Circa 1900, by Thomas Webb.
| Height: | 4½" | - | 11.5cm |
| Width: | 3½" | - | 9.0cm |
Glossary Words
gilded, gilt
A very thin layer of gold applied to brass or bronze.
Webb, Thomas & Sons
Thomas Webb & Sons, a leading Stourbridge glasshouse founded in 1837, producing more adventurous decorative glass from c.1880. Their intricately carved 'cameo' or cased-glass pieces were exceptional and most of their production was good quality glassware, which they are still making today. See Richardson of Stourbridge.
