Mont Joye Legras Four Color Cameo Vase c1900

Description

Heading : A Mont Joye Legras cameo vase
Date : c1905
Origin : Paris. France
Bowl Features : High relief violets of slender stalks and green leaves
Marks : None
Type : Lead glass
Size : Height 19.7cm
Condition :Excellent
Restoration : None
Weight : 364 grams

Additional Information : With no remaining evidence of any marks or paper labels you would imagine that this had been difficult to attribute. however. there are clues. Firstly the use of violets as a decorative device was a common these for  Mont Joye / Legras.

Secondly the brass rim with opposing shields is seen on other vases marked Mont Joye.  The firm that specialised in metalwork for Mont Joye Legras was Baudet of Paris

Thirdly Francois-Theodore Legras is known to have been a great admirer of Emile Galle from which this piece takes it’s inspiration.

The mark would have been gilded and on the base. There are also the remnants of a retailers paper label on the base.

Irrespective of the attribution this is truly stunning and the finish of of the highest quality

Reference Francois-Theodore Legras MF and JF Michel and D and J Vitrat