Vase
1925 (made)
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This vase was created specifically for the Paris exhibition in 1925 in the Christolfe design studio which was then under the direction of Andre Bouilhet.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brass and electroplated silver treated with a chemical patination. |
| Brief description | Vase, brass with electroplated silver surface and chemical patination, France, Paris, ca.1925, designed and made by Christolfe. |
| Physical description | The vase is shaped like a pilgrim's bottle - a flattened, circular body set on its edge with a slightly flaring rectangular foot and top. The circular sides of the vessel are covered with a green chemical patination but a simple geometrical pattern in silver is set in the centre of each face. The foot, the top and a wide band which runs down the sides of the vessel are all silver plated. |
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| Object history | This vase was created specifically for the Paris exhibition in 1925 in the Christolfe design studio which was then under the direction of Andre Bouilhet. |
| Summary | This vase was created specifically for the Paris exhibition in 1925 in the Christolfe design studio which was then under the direction of Andre Bouilhet. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.352-1971 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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