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Longwy faience: pair of vases on a wood base

Enameled faience, bases made out of wood. This pair of vases was made by the Longwy manufacturer, Fainencerie of Meurthe-et-Moselle, around 1880. In blue enameled faience and goldened with an engraved decoration, these two vases are elaborately decorated on their paunches. A vegetal decor of floral branches decorates the whole surface of the faience. In the middle of each vase there is a cartouche with an intertwining decor, around which there are bats with their wings spread. These same bets are displayed in relief on the neck of each vase. These vases play on the ornamental vocabulary from the Far East that were really in fashion in France at the time, thanks to the Universal Exhbitions where China was able to present its most illustrious creations. Created in 1798, the Faincerie of Longwy was well renowned from the start of the 19th century. With the arrival of the Italian Amédée from Carenza who bought with him the technique of cloisonné enamels on faience, the Faiencerie diversified and largely expanded its production, changing it to produce oriental and Far East style works of art, according to the trend at the time. This pair of vases is a clear example of this.

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Clain & Perrier - Glass Paste Vase Decorated With Coloquintes, Circa 1900

This large vase decorated with gourds, worked in glass paste, was made around 1900. It bears the stamp of the Clain & Perrier store in the lower part. Active at the start of the 20th century, Clain and Perrier set up a store on Boulevard Saint-Germain, selling porcelain and crystal wholesale. The artistic objects are purchased from different manufacturers like the Muller brothers and probably Daum. The company has a cold decoration workshop for enamelling and engraving, where objects are decorated and signed. In the organization of the house, Clain is responsible for the porcelain decoration workshops and his associate Perrier is in charge of the glassware. Straight in shape with a narrow neck, our vase has a very beautiful decoration made of gourd glass paste on a lilac background. The precise and polychrome motifs stand out in slight relief over the entire vase.