Lot Essay
For similar examples in the Darnis and Maës Collection, see R. Dufrenne, J. Maës and B. Maës, La Cristallerie de Clichy, Nice, 2005, p. 390-391.
CIRCA 1850-1855
Details
A CLICHY PATTERNED MILLEFIORI GLASS TAZZA
Circa 1850-1855
The bowl with a pentafoil floriform design with a large Clichy rose at its center, on a vari-baluster stem, the spreading foot with a central white floret and three concentric millefiori garlands, a green and white torsade at both rims
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high; 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) diameter
Circa 1850-1855
The bowl with a pentafoil floriform design with a large Clichy rose at its center, on a vari-baluster stem, the spreading foot with a central white floret and three concentric millefiori garlands, a green and white torsade at both rims
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high; 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) diameter
Provenance
With Au Petit Hussard, Paris
Literature
D. Tarshis, 'Objets Extraordinaires: French Tazze and Newel Post Finials, 1847-1860', PCA Bulletin, 1993-1994, pp. 24-29.
Exhibited
D. Tarshis, Objects of Fantasy: Glass Inclusions of the Nineteenth Century, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2001, p. 52, no. 28.
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