MOSER CZECH BOHEMIAN 1900 PURPLE ETCHED GLASS DECANTER SET WITH GOLD INLAID
A DECANTER SET DESIGNED BY MOSER.
ANTIQUE FABULOUS SET OF 9 PIECES, CREATED IN BOHEMIA, AROUND THE TURN OF THE 19th. CENTURY, DURING THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE PERIOD, CIRCA 1900. WAS DESIGNED WITH NEO CLASSICAL PATTERNS AND HAND CRAFTED IN PURPLE ETCHED GLASS WITH INLAIDS OF 24 KT GOLD. THE SET IS COMPOSED BY THE DECANTER BOTTLE WITH THE LID, 6 SHOT GLASSES AND THE ROUND TRAY.
THE MEASUREMENTS ARE AS FOLLOW; EACH SHOT GLASS IS 2.88 Inches, THE DECANTER IS 9.25 Inches AND THE TRAY HAVE A DIAMETER OF 10.6 Inches WITH A BORDER OF 3/4 Inch. THE GLASS TRAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET IN THIS SET, USUALLY FOUND BROKEN OR MISSING.
MOSER, IS A LUXURY GLASS MANUFACTURER BASED IN KARLOVY VARY, THE CZECH REPUBLIC, (PREVIOUSLY LUDWIG MOSER & SONS IN BOHEMIA DURING THE AUTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE. THE COMPANY IS KNOWN FOR MANUFACTURING STEMWARE, DECORATIVE GLASSWARE AND VARIOUS ART ENGRAVINGS. MOSER IS ONE OF THE MOST COLLECTED OF 20TH CENTURY DECORATIVE GLASS AND HAS BEEN USED EVERYWHERE FROM PALACES TO LOCAL RESTAURANTS. FROM ITS BEGINNINGS IN 1857, AS A POLISHING AND ENGRAVING WORKSHOP, IT DEVELOPED INTO A LEAD-FREE GLASS MANUFACTURER LASTING THROUGH THE 20TH CENTURY UNTIL THE PRESENT. IT IS CONSIDERED AS THE MOST LUXURIOUS CZECH BRAND.
IT IS IN GREAT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS OR REPAIRS. ONE OF THE SHOT GLASSES HAVE A TINY SMALL FLEA BITE ON THE RIM.
INVENTORY REF: D0000XMNN/.1111
