Beautiful, soft milky green porcelain vase from the late 1800's. In near perfect condition! 11” high.
Features a transfer image of a lovely young Gibson Girl wearing a bonnet.
Based upon illustrations in the late 1800s, the Gibson girl was the creation of American artist Charles Dana Gibson (1867– 1944). Gibson's art depicted the fashionable upper-middle-class society of his time, particularly a certain type of modern young woman. Independent, athletic, and confident, the Gibson girl was also pretty and feminine, illustrating some of the online contradictions of modern womanhood at the turn of the twentieth century.
Opaline glass, usually opaque glass or crystal, either white or coloured, made in France between approximately 1810 and 1890. Opaline resembles the milk glass of 16th-century Venice and the opaque, white glass associated with Bristol, Eng., in the 18th century.
Various greens were also produced, ranging from almond and sea green between 1825 and 1830 to less subtle shades of leaf green in later years.
Purple irises, popular during the Victorian era, symbolize royalty, wisdom, and valued friendship. These are handpainted on this piece.
This item has been kept in careful storage for over one hundred years!
Product code: 1800’s French Gibson Girl Green Opaline Iris Vase online