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LUSTERWARE Unique Opalescent & Gold Gilded Porcelain Vase Set Rarest of!!
These were purelydecorative and today command high prices because of their historicalconnections.
Delicate lustre imitating mother-of-pearl was produced by Wedgwoodand at Belleek in the mid-century, derived from bismuth nitrate.
Under the impetus of the Aesthetic Movement, William deMorgan revived lustrewares in a manner drawing from lustred majolica
andHispano-Moresque wares, with fine, bold designs.
In the United States, copper lusterware became popularbecause of its lustrousness. Apparently, as gaslights became available to therich,
the fad was to place groupings of lusterware on mirror platforms to beused as centerpieces for dinner parties. Gaslights accentuated theirlustrousness.[
Depending on the concentration of gold in the lustrinecompound and the under slip on which it was applied, a range of colour's couldbe achieved, from pale rose and lavender, to copper and gold. The gold lustrecould be painted or stenciled on the ware, or it could be applied in the resisttechnique, in which the background was solidly lustred, and the design remainedin the body color. In the resist technique, similar to batik, the design waspainted in glue and size in a glycerin or honey compound, the lustre applied bydipping, and the resist washed off before the piece was fired.
Must buy both, as it's a set. Only ones ever seen in Opalescent!!
