📝 Description
A stunning Victorian cranberry glass luster vase, beautifully decorated with hand-painted gilt and enamel floral motifs, featuring applied white enamel roses and delicate grapevine details.
The vase has a ruffled crimped rim, a gilded band around the neck, and is adorned with six cut glass prism drops that catch and reflect the light.
These ornate glass lusters were traditionally displayed on mantelpieces or sideboards, prized for their rich color and sparkling reflections.
 
⭐ Features
✔️ Material: Cranberry glass with gilt and enamel decoration
✔️ Colour: Deep ruby red / cranberry
✔️ Design: Ruffled rim, hand-painted gilt detailing, applied enamel flowers
✔️ Prisms: Six cut crystal drops
✔️ Mark: Hand-painted “8” in gold on the base (artist or production mark)
✔️ Era: Late 19th to early 20th century (c. 1880–1910)
✔️ Origin: Possibly Bohemian or English manufacture
 
📏 Dimensions (approx.)
Height: 40cm
Diameter (rim): 22 cm
Base diameter: 15 cm
 
⚠️ Condition
Overall, good antique condition
Minor gilt wear and enamel loss consistent with age
One or two small chips to the ruffled rim (see close-up photo)
All prisms are present and in good shape with light surface wear
Still displays beautifully, rich cranberry tone glows in light — a fine example of 19th-century decorative glass.
 
🧠 Background
Glass lustres like this one were first produced in Bohemia and became fashionable across Europe and England in the Victorian era.
They combined brilliant colour, gilding, and cut glass prisms to enhance candlelight and add luxury to parlours and mantels.