BY DESIRE CHRISTIAN, CIRCA 1900
Details
'La Vigne', a cameo glass vase
By Desire Christian, circa 1900
Amphora shape, the slender neck between two looping handles, the green glass internally streaked and overlaid in purple/burgundy and etched with a vine overhanging a young woman squeezing grapes into a cup, the whole wheel-polished and inscribed with the legend La Vigne
13.3/8in. (37.2cm.) high
Engraved mark DA. Christian. Meisenthal. Loth on martelé underside of base
By Desire Christian, circa 1900
Amphora shape, the slender neck between two looping handles, the green glass internally streaked and overlaid in purple/burgundy and etched with a vine overhanging a young woman squeezing grapes into a cup, the whole wheel-polished and inscribed with the legend La Vigne
13.3/8in. (37.2cm.) high
Engraved mark DA. Christian. Meisenthal. Loth on martelé underside of base
Literature
Victor Arwas, Glass. Art Nouveau to Art Deco, London, 1987, p. 61