Cased Glass Oursins Vase c1940

Description

Heading :  A French cased glass vase
Date :1920- 1950
Origin : French
Colour : White inner layer. with gold and bronze bands over mottled blue. clear glass outer layer
Pattern : Oursin- sea urchin
Features : Vibrant and deceptively weighty.
Condition : Excellent
Restoration : None
Dimensions : 18cm tall. 9.5cm bowl. 8cm foot
Weight : 1604 grams

Reference :Lalique. Sabino. Marinot. Simonet and Pantin all produced vases based on sea urchins. Vases with such brilliant white interiors and decoration inspired by nature epotomise the art nouveau. Cased vases enamelled with elaborate expressions of Japonism were being produced in France from 1890. Decor became markedly less flamboyant in the second and third decades of the 20th century.