Lot Essay
cf. Janine Bloch-Dermant, The Art of French Glass 1860-1914, 1974, pl. 21, p.31, for an illustration of two vases incorporating similar techniques and motifs.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
AN OVERLAID, ETCHED, INTERNALLY-DECORATED AND WHEEL-CARVED GLASS VASE
FRANCOIS EUGENE ROUSSEAU, ATTRIBUTED
Details
AN OVERLAID, ETCHED, INTERNALLY-DECORATED AND WHEEL-CARVED GLASS VASE
Francois Eugene Rousseau, Attributed
The opalescent ground internally decorated with brick red glass, overlaid in caramel and finely wheel-carved and etched with a hovering butterfly amidst flower blossoms and foliage; the reverse with a single stem and two florettes with foliage, the sides pulled with irregular knobby protrusions, engraved 532
6¾in. (16.5cm.) high
Francois Eugene Rousseau, Attributed
The opalescent ground internally decorated with brick red glass, overlaid in caramel and finely wheel-carved and etched with a hovering butterfly amidst flower blossoms and foliage; the reverse with a single stem and two florettes with foliage, the sides pulled with irregular knobby protrusions, engraved 532
6¾in. (16.5cm.) high