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Oil on canvas depicting the portrait of a young writer at his desk, surrounded by papers and manuscripts, in a wooden frame stuccoed gilded First Empire period early nineteenth century.
This vase is in very good condition. He is signed to see pictures.
A note: some small scratches and dirt use, see photos.
Treatment of glass known since ancient times (Pliny), rediscovered by H.Cros 1880, which sought fusible material can be worked in paste or liquid. This is a colored crystal, previously powdered and mixed with water, added to a binder to compose a paste, it becomes hard after firing and translucent then be modeled as a sculpture and colorful. It otient the real glass paste by amalgamating cold glasses and enamels ground. The paste is then molded and subjected to baking in a lost wax mold; under the effect of heat the agglomerate components. (Larousse Dictionary of antiques and flea market).
Industrial, master glassmaker and cabinetmaker French ceramist. He is founder and first president of the School of Nancy in 1901. Children's Art and commerce, it is one of the most influential figures of his time to applied art and a pioneer of Art Nouveau.
