For Sale is a beautiful piece of Art Glass made by Legras of Paris, France. This is a beautifully Acid Etched Cameo Enameled Vase. The Vase has some size to is as it stands 7 3/4" tall and is approximately 7 1/4" in diameter at the shoulder. The opening at the top of the vase is 3 3/4" outside diameter.

The Vase depicts wonderful pattern of acid etched enamel flowers in a Cranberry Red color. These are set against an acid etched frosted bark textured background. These Flowers in the vase resemble a Dogwood Tree in full blood. The detail is just wonderful as you can see the veining and the pistils in the Flowers. The shape of the Vase is a very pleasing Tapered Swollen Shoulder form. The pattern is predominately on the upper portion of the Vase. The pattern surround the entire vase.

The Vase is considered to be in Excellent Condition as there are no cracks, chips, nicks or dings. There is very minor rough spot on the top rim and you can only feel this if you run you finger along the edge. Quite minor and insignificant. This Vase also has a countersunk polished pontil and fire polished top lip. This is the sign of quality piece of art glass. The Vase is signed "Legras" in a acid cut cipher along the front lower section. The bottom is also signed "Ovington New York France" in blocked acid etched letters just outside the pontil and into the pontil. This Vase was specifically made for the famous Ovington Retail Store in New York City at the turn of the century.

This Pattern in this form is hard to find. This Vase is similar to those made by one of their Contemporary's of the day, Daum and Galle'. If this vase was made by Daum or Galle' it would be worth $3000-$5000. These were made to be able to be owned by the middle class. This Vase was made Circa 1900-1915.

This is a brief History of Legras.

In 1864 Auguste Legras took over the St. Denis glassworks and founded Legras. He was already an experienced glassmaker, and began producing a massive amount of glass in many commercial types and styles. The company was soon very successful. It was profitable enough for the family to take over the established Pantin glassworks in 1897. Somewhere around 1900, possibly at the great Paris Exhibition, Legras discovered Emile Galle, and Legras decided to seriously concentrate on producing art nouveau style glass, both Cameos like Galle and a wide range of other techniques. In 1909 Auguste retired and the company was taken over by his son Charles, who quickly started to focus on the early scent bottles being designed by Rene Lalique for Coty, getting a contract to produce some early ones before Rene Lalique was fully geared up to produce them. Like most French Glass makers, the Legras works closed between 1914 and 1919. After 1919 they quickly identified the need to move to Art Deco style production. Legras produced quite a range of different and original art glass. However a significant part of their production followed the styles of Galle, Daum, Moser, Rene Lalique, Schneider, etc. Sometime in the late 1920s, Legras' production of art glass effectively ceased.

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