Lot Essay
cf. J. Bloch-Dermont, Les Pâtes de Verre G. Argy-Rousseau Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1990, p. 179, no. 18.01 for another vase of this model without silver mount.
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A SILVER-MOUNTED 'VIOLETTE DE PARME' VASE, CIRCA 1918
Details
GABRIEL ARGY-ROUSSEAU (1885-1963)
A SILVER-MOUNTED 'VIOLETTE DE PARME' VASE, CIRCA 1918
pâte-de-verre, sterling silver
6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high
signed in the mold G. ARGY-ROUSSEAU and numbered 9473, silver with trademarks
A SILVER-MOUNTED 'VIOLETTE DE PARME' VASE, CIRCA 1918
pâte-de-verre, sterling silver
6 ¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high
signed in the mold G. ARGY-ROUSSEAU and numbered 9473, silver with trademarks
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Sale room notice
Please note that the artist's year of death is 1953, not 1963, as noted in the sale catalogue.