A small French pate de verre blue glass vase, circa 1900,…
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A small French pate de verre blue glass vase, circa 1900, possibly Muller Freres, having a long neck with a shallow cup shaped rim, the body with moulded, panels and decorated with cobalt splashes and spiral twists upon a powder, blue ground and satin cased, unmarked, height 15.5 cm

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  • Pate De Verre - A technique practiced in ancient Egypt from 1500 - 1000 BC, that was revived in France in the 1880s, pate de verre, which translates as "paste of glass", is a process in which glass is ground to a fine powder, mixed with adhesives, colouring agents and water to create a paste which is then mixed , placed into a mould and then reheated until molten.

    The most prolific, and therefore best known practitioners include Gabriel Argy-Rouseau, Francois-Emile Decorchement and Almeric Walter.
  • Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.

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