Verre Églomisé (Gilded Reverse Painted Glass) Lady Liberty paintbrush holder with its dramatically twisting handle

with its dramatically twisting handle

It is for sale as I found it--with a  double matte (tan over white) and in a wooden frame painted silver with black speckles

with a few small hairline cracks around the neck of the crane on side 1 and one scrape to the surface of the lower section of the planter on side 2

I really love the long

Along the bottom edge is are two neat tears running from the U in Massachusetts and the O in Boston to the bottom of the sheet

Verre Églomisé (Gilded Reverse Painted Glass) Lady Liberty paintbrush holder with its dramatically twisting handleOne sees these old verre eglomis or reverse painted glass panels around from time to time, salvaged from old clock faces or paneled mirrors, and usually I pass them by but not her, who seems a much needed presence and herald at the moment! I've not seen. another like this one, I'd assume French, representing a rather serene Liberty with her flag, banner, and wreath. Verre glomis is itself a French term referring to the process of applying a design and