A Rare Pair of Vaseline Shades with Acid Etched Fleur-de-Lys
£1,400 / set
A pair of Vaseline glass shades from the Arts and Crafts movement, each acid etched with fleur-de-lys motifs, c.1900, with ruffled rims and soft opalescent tone.
This pair of Vaseline glass shades, dating to around c.1900, reflect the Arts and Crafts movement’s fascination with the expressive qualities of hand-worked glass. Each shade displays a distinctive swirling form with a ruffled rim and softly graduated opalescent hue shifting from pale yellow to translucent blue. The surfaces are acid etched with stylised fleur-de-lys motifs, combining decorative restraint with a clear sense of craftsmanship.
Produced during a period when English glasshouses experimented with tonal gradation and chemical etching to achieve luminous effects, such examples would have originally complemented a gas or early electric fitting. Their thinly blown walls and consistent profile suggest workshop precision typical of late nineteenth-century glass production.
Diameter of a lampshade hole: 2.8cm/1.10" Inches.
Width: 5 in (12.7 cm)
Diameter: 5.12 in (13 cm)
Depth: 5 in (12.7 cm)
1900-1909
