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Vase

ca. 1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase, France (Paris), made for Ernest-Baptiste Leveillé glass workshop, 1889-1892

Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
mould-blown and wheel-cut, made in two layers, the inner one crackled, with coloured inclusions
Brief description
Vase, France (Paris), made for Ernest-Baptiste Leveillé glass workshop, 1889-1892
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.2cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'E Léveillé Paris' incised (Decorator's and retailer's signature)
Gallery label
Ernest-Baptiste Leveillé had a glass-making and selling business at 74 Boulevard Haussmann, and later 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 Leveillé took over Rousseau's workshop. The glass was made, possibly, by either Appert Frères or at Clichy to Léveillé's design and decorated in Paris. This vase is in splashed and mottled glass in imitation of agate.
Object history
Bought from E. Leveille, 74 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, for 14 l./15 s.
Transferred to Circualtion 3-10-1913
Bibliographic reference
Arwas,V; Art N - Art deco, Leveille and Rousseau; Beard,G: International Modern Glass
Other number
0734 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Accession number
1605-1892

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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