Rare Vintage Fringe Studio Midsummer Night Dream Vase Victorian Dark Academia 12 For Sale

Up for sale is a rare and highly collectible Fringe Studio rectangular glass vase featuring one of the brand's most iconic literary designs — "A Midsummer Night's Dream: Song of the Fairy" by William Shakespeare.This piece is exceptionally difficult to find on the secondary market. No comparable examples are currently listed or have recently sold on , Etsy, or any major resale platform, making this a genuine collector's find.ABOUT FRINGE STUDIOFringe Studio is a Southern California-based gift and stationery brand, originally headquartered in Culver City, CA (fringestudio.com). They became well known for their rectangular glass transferware vases, produced in limited runs and featuring hand-applied Victorian engravings, antique found artwork, botanical illustrations, and literary quotes. These glass vases were sold through boutique retailers and gift shops and are now largely discontinued.The brand's Shakespeare designs were among their most celebrated pieces. Fringe Studio recently acknowledged this legacy by releasing a limited 20th Anniversary Shakespeare Tiffany Glass Vase as a tribute to their early catalog — a clear sign of how beloved these original literary vases have become. The vase you are buying is from the original production run and is a distinct design not currently available anywhere new or used.ABOUT THIS VASEThis piece features four distinct decorated sides:FRONT — A Victorian engraved portrait of a Pre-Raphaelite woman with flowing dark hair, overlaid with Art Nouveau line work and hand-applied vivid blue botanicals (sweet pea buds and foliage in color against an otherwise monochromatic image). Text reads: "A Midsummer Night's Dream / Song of the Fairy / Shakespeare."BACK — A second Victorian portrait of a woman holding a rose, rendered in warm sepia tones.SIDE 1 — A teal-tinted lace and damask floral transferware pattern.SIDE 2 — A printed excerpt of Shakespeare's fairy verse: "A Midsummer Night's Dream / Song of the Fairy / Over hill, over dale / Thorough bush, thorough brier / Over park, over pale / Thorough flood, thorough fire / I do wander everywhere / Swifter than the moon's sphere / And I serve the fairy queen / To dew her orbs upon the green / The cowslips tall her pensioners be / In their gold coats spots you see / These be rubies, fairy favours..."MEASUREMENTS
- Height: approximately 12 inches
- Width: approximately 6 inches
- Depth: approximately 2 inches
- Form: slightly tapered, wider at topLABEL: Fringe Studio, Culver City, CA | © Fringe Studio | Made in China | fringestudio.com
CARE: Gently hand wash, never soak, dry immediatelyCONDITIONThe glass is solid with no chips or cracks. There is some loss and lifting to the decoupage layer on the upper portion of the front face, visible as light patches where the applied image has partially separated. This is a known characteristic of vintage Fringe Studio glass vases and does not affect structural integrity. It is potentially repairable with careful stippling of dark paint or by a paper conservator. All other panels are vivid and intact. Please review all photos carefully before purchasing.---