A pair of Victorian Bristol blue glass decanters, late 19th century the pair of decanters of ovoid form with short cylindrical necks, raised on circular bases, with silver plated mounts, inset with cork and silver plate stoppers. Height 9.06 in.
- Victorian Period - The Victorian period of furniture and decorative arts design covers the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. There was not one dominant style of furniture in the Victorian period. Designers used and modified many historical styles such as Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, English Rococo, Neoclassical and others, although use of some styles, such as English Rococo and Gothic tended to dominate the furniture manufacture of the period.
The Victorian period was preceded by the Regency and William IV periods, and followed by the Edwardian period, named for Edward VII (1841 – 1910) who was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India for the brief period from 1901 until his death in 1910.
- Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.
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