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Posted 8 months ago
inky
(96 items)
It was the luscious colour and the great shape that attracted me to this beautiful vase. The size came as complete surprise it's 22.5cm - nearly 9 inches tall, it certainly has presence amongst my other pieces of glass.
I also didn't know it was a 1899 Legas Soleil, but with heaps of researching I found it, and was I thrilled to bits.
Hope you enjoy looking at as much as I do, and thank you for looking...:-)
"Auguste Legras became director of the glassworks at Saint-Denis (near Paris) in 1864. Both his artistic and commercial talents quickly brought the company a lot of fame and the Verreries de Saint-Denis grew to a number of 1500 employees at the end of the 19th century, after it had acquired two other glassworks at Pantin and Aubervilliers.
The Saint-Denis glassworks specialized in highly decorated vases, both multi-layered cameo vases as enamelled vases with painted floral images. The quality of his products, but also the large number and variety of his designs made Legras' company the most important producer of glass art items in France, at least until the start of World War I in 1914.
In 1909 Auguste's son, Charles Legras, took over his father's position as company director. He continued production at the same artistic level as his father but didn't really innovate the company's techniques and designs.
Legras joined forces with Pantin glassworks in 1919 to become Verreries et Cristalleries de St Denis et Pantin Reunies. From this moment on the style of Legras' products shifted in line with the new art deco movement. Auguste Heiligenstein became artistic producer in 1926 and most of the art deco designs of Legras were made by him".
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Wow! What a beaut!!
Thank you Justanovice it really is, and I was very very! pleased when I unwrapped it...:-)
stunning and execellent find :) wow :) love it:)
Many thanks BELLIN68 I think so too! was very happy when it arrived, they never look as good on the photos...thank goodness..lol....;-)
GORGEOUSNESS!!
Isn't it just czechman!...:-)
stunning!! XO
Many thanks Manikin for the love and stopping to comment!..:-) &
Thank you mustangtony ~ Londonloetzlearner and vetraio50 for the loves!...:-)
your very welcome darling inky:)
Many thanks walksoftly...:-)
Inky, you have a good eye! What a beauty this is! This is one of those happy cases where the form and the technique enhance one another beautifully, and the form doesn't get lost in the spatter. Wonderful!
I remember my legras vase which I treasured, so I know the feeling you have !~
Thank you so much miKKoChristmas11 for your kind words and I so! agree with you, spatter glass is new to me and this piece had it all!...:-)
Thank you Phil...I have learnt so much about glass before CW, names I never heard about and Legras is only one of them, I would never have known when I found this whopping! beauty what it was, so have lots to be grateful for!....:-)
Thank you for the love ozmarty.....;-)
Many thanks JayHow....:-)
Well that is some Cheerful Colors right there!
Thank you Shawnl86 totally agree it's what drew me when I first spotted it!...:-)
Many thanks kulektor....:-)
Many thanks l.a.lady...:-)
What a gorgeous thing! Looks like a giant peppermint candy, I love it!
Hi! Budek thak you and you are right it does look like something you would want to suck on, luscious colours aren't they?
Inky, amazing piece ! Wonderful glass collection....I'm so following you!
Hello RhondaCorvallis thank you for the wonderful complement, this vase is especially nice, the size and colours are great!!...I do love my glass!...:-)
Many thanks epson233 and charcoal... sorry for the late acknowledgement!...:-)
I just love these colors together, and beautiful form. Really nice inky!