On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Vase

1890 - 1892 (made)
Artist/Maker
Appert Frères (manufacturer)
Léveillé, Ernest-Baptiste (retailer)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Vase, France (Paris), probably made by Appert Frères, Clichy, for Ernest-Baptiste Leveillé, Paris, 1890-92

Object details

Object type
Vase
Materials and techniques
with gold leaf inclusions
Brief description
Vase, France (Paris), probably made by Appert Frères, Clichy, for Ernest-Baptiste Leveillé, Paris, 1890-92
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.2cm
  • Greatest width width: 30.5cm
Style
19TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
'E Leveille Paris' incised (Makers's mark)
Gallery label
Ernest-Baptiste Leveillé, had a glass-making and selling business at 74 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris. He was a member of the Paris 'art-glass' fraternity and a pupil (later partner) of Eugène Rousseau, the movement's founder. Leveillé's glass ranged from clear pieces like this one in the style of Chinese rock crystal to works in mottled and splashed glass imitating agates.
Object history
Bought from E. Leveille, 74 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, for 6 l.
Transferred to Circualtion 3-10-1913
Bibliographic reference
Paris, Musée d'Orsay: catalogue sommaire, pp189..
Other number
9457 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1604-1892

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
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