LE VERRE FRANCAIS - Ch. Schneider - Vase Amarantes- c. 1923
A multilayered glass belly (buik, à panse) vase Amarantes (amaranths, amarant) designed by Charles Schneider circia 1923 and executed in the Société Anonyme des Verreries. Charles Schneider (1881-1953) was founder and manager (together with his sister and brother Ernestine and Ernest) of Schneider, one of the largest glass studios in France. In 1926 he was awarded the Légion d'Honneur for special merit to France. Le Verre Français is a brand used in 1920-1930 by Schneider for luxury glass, prestiguous, top collection and mainly sold in the luxury glass and design departments of Galeries Lafayette (La Maitrise), Le Printemps (Primavera) and Au Bon Marché (Pomone).
PRODUCT INFO
Vase in multi-layered glass with base in a milky white mottled ground ink and a mottled and tortoiseshell acid-etched geometric Amarantes flower and on top an abstract geometric design. Baluster body with flared neck on a wide curved base. Verre Français glassware was blown individually and not in a mould, therefore size and shape can vary slightly from vase to vase. With pictures of 3 same vases in same colours but different shapes inbook Charles Schneider, Le Verre Français, Charder, Marie-Christine Joulin – Gerold Maier, p. 128 and 129.
SIGNATURE/MARKS:
Le Verre Français diamond etched in foot. Glasmarken Lexikon – Carolus Hartman - p. 796 and p. 138 – 2729, exactly dated 1926-1933, only on cameo.
DATE:
1923, vase made between 1923 and 1926
MATERIAL:
Cameo overlaid acid-etched coloured glass
ORIGIN:
France, Epinay-sur-Seine
SIZE:
43 cm x top opening: 9 cm – 16,93 -inch x inch/top opening: 3,54 inch
WEIGHT:
2,39 kg – 5,44 lb
CONDITION:
MINT
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