bowl

Object NameBowl

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

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1901-1953

Place MadeFrance

Techniquecast by lost wax processed, polished

SizeH: 9.2 cm; D (rim): 22.2 cm, (base): 9.5 cm

Accession Number54.3.78

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionHeavy translucent very bubbly light green and colorless cloudy glasses; pitted and with few "blowing-holes" on the base (pate-de- verre ?); cast by lost wax process, polished with wheel and special stone. Solid foot with ground base tapering slightly to applied outspreading bowl; acid-etched geometric pattern onin- and outside: on inside a blossom-like center, followed by friezes of vertical panels, a zig-zag band and again panels, on outside an overall pattern of elongated disks; stamped on the side: "DECORCHEMONT", diamond point engraved on base: "A217".

Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954