Enamelled Victorian Glass Identification Guide + Gallery
Back to Glass Encyclopedia Home
This section focuses on hand painted enamelled glass from the Victorian era. This style of glass consists of blown glass vases and urns which are often decorated with floral scenes or other scenes of nature. They come in various opaque colours including green, blue, pink and brown. Sometimes uranium oxide is used to produce a green colour, which results in the glass glowing bright green under ultraviolet (UV) light. Most enamelled Victorian glass such as the examples shown below were probably made in Bohemia, by various manufacturers which include Harrach and Moser, and likely many others. Similar glassware is also thought to have been made in Belgium.
Some of these vases have been seen with what appears to be the initials F.P.K. on the base. There is an interesting discussion on the glassmessages forum here: [Link]
Update - Some vases similar to the ones shown below are shown in an 1888 catalogue by Mühlhaus (Nový Bor, Bohemia), featured in the book Collectable Bohemian Glass 1880 - 1940 by Robert & Deborah Truitt, page 95.
See also: Mary Gregory Glass
A pair of Victorian blue, pink and cream glass "Moroccan Ware" vases with enamelled floral decoration. Made by Czech/Bohemian factory Harrach.
A Victorian blue, pink and cream glass "Moroccan Ware" vase with enamelled floral decoration. Made by Czech/Bohemian factory Harrach.
A Victorian blue, pink and cream glass "Moroccan Ware" vase with enamelled floral decoration. Made by Czech/Bohemian factory Harrach.
A Victorian blue and cream glass "Moroccan Ware" vase with enamelled floral decoration. Made by Czech/Bohemian factory Harrach.
A Victorian blue, yellow and pink glass "Moroccan Ware" vase with enamelled floral decoration. Made by Czech/Bohemian factory Harrach.
A Victorian pink and cream glass "Moroccan Ware" vase with enamelled floral decoration. Made by Czech/Bohemian factory Harrach.
A Victorian cream and brown glass vase with enamelled decoration of a house.
A Victorian cream and brown glass vase with enamelled decoration of a bird and nest in flowers.
A pair of Victorian uranium pale green glass vases with enamelled floral decoration.
A Victorian uranium pale green glass vase with enamelled floral decoration.
A Victorian uranium pink and cream Burmese glass vase with enamelled floral decoration.
A Victorian uranium pale green glass rose bowl with enamelled decoration of a house and windmill scene.
A Victorian green glass vase with enamelled decoration of a house.
A Victorian green glass vase with enamelled decoration of a village.
A Victorian vaseline / uranium yellow glass bowl with enamelled floral decoration.
A Victorian vaseline / uranium yellow glass bowl with enamelled floral decoration.
A Victorian blue glass rose bowl with enamelled dragonfly decoration.
A Victorian green glass vase with enamelled floral decoration.
A Victorian semi-opaque blue glass vase with enamelled floral decoration.
A Victorian green glass vase with enamelled floral decoration.
View more Enamelled Victorian Glass examples in our Glass Reference Database
Buy Enamelled Victorian Glass Products in our Online Glass Store
Enamelled Victorian Glass on eBay UK
Enamelled Victorian Glass on eBay USA
References
For more information on Enamelled Victorian glass, check out the following resources:
Books
-
Websites
-