'Echoes of Hellas' vase, 1895-98

Lot: 162

Burgun Schverer & Co., Meisenthal. H. 16.8 cm. Cased glass, amber, milky yellow opalescent and clear, combed green inclusions, etched, enamelled and gilded. Front with motif after Walter Crane's 'Echoes of Hellas', Cassandra and another woman at the Trojan wall, back with frieze of animals, rosettes and flowers. Signed: B S & Co Meisenthal (thistle).

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Hammer Price: 3,400 €

123 - Art Nouveau - Art Deco
17. November 2015 at

Literature:

Cf. Klesse, Glas vom Jugendstil bis heute, Slg. Funke-Kaiser, Cologne 1981; exhib. cat. Auf den künstlerischen Spuren von Emile Gallé, Kunstgewerbemuseum Cologne 1983, p. 45; cf. cat. Die Jugendstilsammlung, vol. II, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg 1996; cat. Meisenthal, Berceau du verre Art nouveau, Meisenthal 1999, p. 75-78; Olland, Verrerie d'Art de Lorraine, Désiré Christian, Dijon 2010, Nos. 10-22.

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