AN IMPORTANT LARGE CUT GLASS VASE BY WILLIAM FRITSCHE OF MUSEUM QUALITY
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AN IMPORTANT LARGE CUT GLASS VASE BY WILLIAM FRITSCHEOF MUSEUM QUALITY
HAVING A LARGE BULBOUS BODY
LEADING UP TO A LONG NECK
THE MAIN BODY INTRICATELY CUT WITH ROSES, BASKETS OF FRUIT , LEAF GARLANDS ETC
THE TALL NECK HAVING A FACETED CUT KNOP LEADING UP TO LARGE DIAMOND CUTTING
PANEL CUT CIRCULAR FOOT WITH LARGE DIAMOND CUTTING UNDERNEATH
SIGNED TO ONE PANEL W FRITSCHE
STANDING AN IMPRESIVE 16 INCHES TALL
THE MAIN BODY IS APP' 8 INCHES IN DIAMETER
THE CUTTING OF THE BASKETS OF FRUIT AND THE ROSE'S IS INCREDIBLE.
WILLIAM FRITSCHE WAS PROBAB;LY THE BEST ENGRAVER / CUTTER WORKING FOR THOMAS WEBB
CHARLES HAJDAMACH IN HIS BOOK BRITISH GLASS 1800-1914 , ( SEE PAGE 162 ), DESCRIBES FRITSCHE AS
"THE GREATEST OF BOHEMIAN ENGRAVERS WORKING IN ENGLAND OR AMERICA IN THE LATE 19th EARLY 20th CENTURY."
HE GOES ON TO SAY, " HIS MASTERY OF THE COPPER WHEEL TOOK ENGRAVING BEYOND THE LIMITS OF GLASS DECORATION, AND INTO THE REALMS OF FINE ART. LIKE GEORGE WOODALL WITH CAMEO GLASS, WILLIAM FRITSCHE NEVER COMPROMISED THE QUALITY OF HIS WORK,AND MAINTAINED THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT UNTIL HIS DEATH".
THE VASE IS IN STUNNING CONDITION
FREE UK DELIVERY BY ARRANGEMENT
WE WILL SHIP WORLDWIDE
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