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Hand-Painted Art Glass Fish Charger — 13″ Pisces Yin-Yang, Puerto Rico 1990s

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1990s Art Glass, Enamel / Painted Excellent
HDRG-VR-0004
A large round charger in clear, lightly textured art glass, hand-painted with two ornate fish circling one another in a Pisces yin-yang. The color is fearless — turquoise, amber, plum, and chartreuse laid down in translucent jewel-tone enamels and outlined in raised, hand-piped relief that catches the light like the leading in a stained-glass window. Every scale, fin, and swirl is drawn by hand, and no two of these are ever quite alike.
  • Form — round decorative charger / display plate, about 13" in diameter
  • Technique — translucent hand-painted enamels over a textured clear art-glass blank, raised relief outlines (vitrail / faux-cloisonné)
  • Design — two large fish in a Pisces yin-yang with smaller fish, starfish, and swirling sea motifs
  • Palette — turquoise, amber-gold, plum, chartreuse, cobalt
  • Origin — bought new in Puerto Rico, mid-1990s
  • Condition — Excellent; enamels bright, glass displays beautifully, ready for a plate stand, easel, or sunny shelf
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Hand-Painted Art Glass Fish Charger — 13" Pisces Yin-Yang, Puerto Rico 1990s

Circa 1990s

Hand-Painted Art Glass

A large round charger of clear, lightly textured art glass, hand-painted with two ornate fish circling one another in a Pisces yin-yang. Around them dart smaller fish, a scattering of starfish, and swirling currents, every shape outlined in raised, hand-piped relief and filled with translucent jewel-tone enamels — turquoise, amber, plum, chartreuse, and cobalt — that glow when the light moves through the glass.

It came to us from a Hobbsville, North Carolina estate, bought new on a trip to Puerto Rico in the mid-1990s and carried home as a keepsake of the journey. It is the kind of vivid folk artistry long associated with the island's glass and craft studios, where each design is built up one hand-piped line at a time. Unsigned, and — because it was painted freehand — quite unlike any other.

Materials Hand-painted translucent enamel over textured clear art glass, with raised hand-piped relief outlines
Care Purely decorative. Dust with a soft, dry cloth and wipe gently with a barely damp cloth if needed. Avoid abrasives, soaking, and the dishwasher, which can dull the hand-painted enamels.
From the Research Archives
vintagerose.us Catalog No. HDRG-VR-0004 • July 2026

Specifications

Dimensions
15 × 15 × 2 in
Weight
2 lbs
SKU
HDRG-VR-0004

Some pieces are quiet. This one is not. A large round charger of clear, lightly textured art glass becomes the water, and swimming across it are two boldly patterned fish — one nosing upward, one curving down — locked in the interlocking balance of a Pisces yin-yang. Around them dart smaller fish, a scattering of starfish, and swirling currents, every element drawn freehand.

The technique is what makes it sing. Each shape is outlined in raised relief, piped by hand so it stands up off the surface like the leading in a stained-glass window, then filled with translucent enamels in colors that refuse to whisper — turquoise and amber, plum and chartreuse, cobalt and gold. Held to the light, the glass glows. Set on a shelf, the raised lines throw tiny shadows that make the fish look almost carved. It's the kind of vivid, painterly folk artistry long associated with Puerto Rico's glass and craft studios, where artisans build up a design one hand-piped line at a time.

It came to us from a Hobbsville, North Carolina estate, and we know exactly where it started. It was bought new on a trip to Puerto Rico in the mid-1990s and carried home as a souvenir in the oldest and best sense of the word — chosen because it was beautiful, and because it held a memory.

  • Form — round decorative charger / display plate, about 13" in diameter
  • Technique — translucent hand-painted enamels over a textured clear art-glass blank, raised relief outlines (vitrail / faux-cloisonné)
  • Design — two large fish in a Pisces yin-yang with smaller fish, starfish, and swirling sea motifs
  • Palette — turquoise, amber-gold, plum, chartreuse, cobalt
  • Origin — bought new in Puerto Rico, mid-1990s
  • Condition — Excellent; enamels bright, glass displays beautifully, ready for a plate stand, easel, or sunny shelf

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