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Artist/Maker	Ernest-Baptiste Leveillé Glass Workshop (retailer) Appert Frères (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Paris (made)

Vase, France (Paris), made probably by Appert Frères at Clichy for Ernest-Baptiste Leveillé glass workshop and shop in Paris, 1889-1894, 639-1894 .

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Object type	Vase
Materials and techniques	mould-blown, made in two layers, the inner one crackled, with coloured inclusions
Brief description	Vase, France (Paris), made probably by Appert Frères at Clichy for Ernest-Baptiste Leveillé glass workshop and shop in Paris, 1889-1894, 639-1894 .
Dimensions	Height: 9.9cm
Style	19TH CONT
Gallery label	Ernest-Baptiste Léveillé had a glass-making and selling business at 74 Boulevard Haussmann, and later also in rue Coquillière, Paris. He was a member of the Paris 'art-glass' fraternity and a pupil (later partner) of Eugène Rousseau, one of the movement's founders. This piece was made after 1885 when Léveillé took over Rousseau's workshop. This vase is in splashed and mottled glass in imitation of agate.
Bibliographic reference	Arwas,V; Art N - Art deco, Leveille and Rousseau; Beard,G: International Modern Glass
Other number	0699 - Glass gallery number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	639-1894

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Record created	December 13, 1997
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1685/vase-ernest-baptiste-leveillé/

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