Preliminary identification
Photo reference
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Overview
This is a hand-blown spherical glass rose bowl adorned with hand-painted polychrome enamels, raised slip trailing, and burnished gold gilding. Featuring trailing forget-me-nots and foliate banding over a pale celadon reserve, it also displays faint wheel-cut or acid-etched swags along the lower body.
Story
Around 1900, parlor tables favored tight, fragrant rose heads floating in low spherical bowls. Skilled European glass artisans applied raised enamel dot-by-dot to create delicate, tactile forget-me-nots wrapped in pure gold leaf.
Maker / Origin
While unsigned, pieces of this exact profile and decorative style were masterfully produced by Bohemian glasshouses like Harrach, Moser, or specialized British decorating shops like Thomas Webb & Sons. These glass centers competed internationally, transforming utilitarian crystal into miniature canvases of raised enamel and high-karat gilding.
Condition & Value
Very good antique condition. Light, expected surface wear and scuffs to the base consistent with age. Visible minor rubbing and loss to the gold gilt band on the shoulder. Similar unsigned Bohemian and Victorian enameled clear-glass rose bowls regularly sell in the $35 to $85 range at antique auctions.
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Comparable demand stays strongest where maker, originality, and venue confidence line up. Broader examples still trade, but the range tightens quickly when provenance, condition, or selling lane fit is missing.
Best Venue
Specialty auction or a focused dealer with buyers already in this lane.
Signed example with light edge wear and original frame.
Comparable format with stronger provenance and cleaner surface.
Smaller related piece with visible craquelure and trimmed margins.
Period match with softer condition and weaker subject matter.
Close market lane comp with similar material and presentation.