Large Art Deco Cameo Vase by Charles Schneider, France, 1927-1928

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Large calyx-shaped baluster vase with a flared rim, standing on a round stepped base; colourless glass with flocculent pink, white … Read more Large calyx-shaped baluster vase with a flared rim, standing on a round stepped base; colourless glass with flocculent pink, white and yellow powder fusions in the base layer, decorative layer with burgundy-coloured powder fusing, highly etched stylised decoration featuring cascading, interconnected necklaces with teardrop-shaped pendants, satin-finished surface in the background and on the inside, decorative layer polished, etched needle signature ‘Charder – Le Verre Français’ on the foot.

Technique: Handmade cameo glass Glass overlaid with several layers, with high-cut worked out motifs. Since the middle of the 19th century, the design has also been done by etching. Cameo glass vessels were already being made in antiquity; cameo glass vessels were already being made in ancient times, and at the end of the 19th century this glass art was further developed, especially in Nancy.

Manufactory: Verreries Schneider, Epinay-sur-Seine, France The brothers Ernest (1877-1937) and Charles Schneider (1881-1953) both started out at Daum Frères & Cie, Verreries de Nancy, where Ernest was responsible for sales and Charles worked as a freelance modeller and designer for the glassworks alongside his studies at the École des Baux Arts in Nancy and later in Paris. In 1913, the brothers teamed up with architect Wolf to found their own glass factory in Epinay-sur-Seine, operating under the name 'Schneider Frères & Wolf'. Due to the war, the company had to close in 1914, but the brothers kept it going after the war, starting in 1918 under the name 'Verreries Schneider'. Dating: 1927-1928 Dimensions: Height: 46,5 cm / 18.30 in Diameter: 14,5 cm / 5.70 in Bibliographie: - Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon (= Encyclopedia of Glass Marks), Stuttgart (Germany) 1997, Page 138, Signature number 2729 and Page 208, Signature number 4480, Page 796, Schneider, Société Anonyme des Verreries. - Marie-Christine Joulin, Gerold Maier, Charles Schneider, Le Verre Francais - Charder - Schneider, Wißner-Verlag 2004, Germany, Page 162/163. Condition: Very good This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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