bowl

Object NameBowl with Geometric Decoration

Maker François-Emile Décorchemont (French, 1880-1971)

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1901-1953

Place MadeFrance, Conches-en-Ouche

Techniquecast by lost wax process, polished

SizeH: 9 cm; D (rim): 18.7 cm, (base): 6.4 cm

Accession Number54.3.79

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern
Postwar and Contemporary

On ViewModern Gallery

Physical DescriptionHeavy translucent very bubbly colorless cloudy glass with blue and yellow tint and brownish-red streaks and speckles, surface pitted (pate-de-verre ?); cast by lost wax process, then polished with wheel and special stone. Solid cylindrical foot with ground base, applied outspreading bowl; acid-etched geometrical pattern on bowl-outside: three friezes of volutes and horizontal lines between rings; stamped at bottom: "DECORCHEMONT", diamond point engraved in base: "A76".

Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954

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