Antique Mary Gregory hand-blown glass vase

Beautiful antique Mary Gregory hand-blown vase, circa 1880 to 1900 with glass shell decorations applied by hand to both sides.
Beautifully hand-painted scene of a young woman in stylish morning dress of the period with a watering can- a lovely evocative gardening scene. With the moulded decorations which would have been hand-done by a master glassblower using tools to create the attractive shell-form motifs seen here, as well as the gilt rim, this may have been made using Bohemian glass.

This style is named Mary Gregory after the most famous artist in this style. She was active from 1880 to 1884 at the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, but her impact on glass art remains to this day.

Price marked at $480 AUD.
Measurements: 24.5cm height.
Very good antique condition overall asides from remnants of gilt to rim.