American Brilliant Cut Glass - Criticalglass

Welcome to Criticalglass's first auction of 2024 and perhaps the best one yet! This is the eighth auction from Criticalglass.com. There are over 170 pieces including many incredible museum-quality examples - the undeniable showstopper is an incredible Gorham sterling mounted J. Hoare Wedding Ring (Crystal City) ewer but there are so many other top-tier, significant pieces in this sale! There are several important pieces of Libbey in this auction - an unheard of large Libbey Aztec platter, a Libbey Advertising plaque, a finger bowl and underplate in Snow Crystal, and a gorgeous bowl in their Columbia pattern. Like vases? You're covered there too with perhaps the best vase Bergen ever made with a pattern cut base in Columbia, the most incredible Dorflinger Monclova flower center with pattern cut base, and an enormous J. Hoare Trellis vase. Possibly the best selection of engraved pieces in any sale including a Sinclaire Deer tray, unbelievable rock crystal bird decanter set, Tuthill masterpiece tray, Libbey apples tazza, and Sinclaire large fish vase. Every color under the sun including a Stevens & Williams amethyst over amber whisky jug with Gorham lock top and a full sized, American rainbow decanter! Not one, but 3 different double thick, extra heavy Straus bowls - one unlike any you've seen! Don't sleep on lot 160 - the nicest rendition of Persian I've ever seen on a three piece set! Too many rare patterns to name- Wedding Ring, Aztec, Trellis, Orloff, Genoa, Alhambra, Cornucopia, Wedgemere, and many more unusual shapes! A truly wide-variety of the highest quality cut glass items are offered in this sale! These fine-quality, extraordinary examples of American Brilliant Cut Glass were hand-selected by me with some being pulled from my own collection of 25 years along with some items from important collections from around the country.