Paul Nicolas for Saint-Louis - 'Rose Sauvage' Bonbonnière

$1385 AUD

Item 3490

A round cameo glass lidded box acid etched and wheel cut with a desgn of wild roses. Signed in cameo D'Argental, the trade name for cameo glass by the Cristalleries de Saint-Louis, along with the Croix de Lorraine. (This mark indicates the hand of Paul Nicolas was involved in the creation of this piece.

French, circa 1920.

** Paul Nicolas (1875–1952) studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy, France. In 1893, at just 18 years old, he joined Émile Gallé's glassworks as a decorator. Gallé quickly recognized the young man’s immense artistic and technical talent. Nicolas became a key designer, learning the complex chemical processes of acid-etching multi-layered cameo glass.
After the death of Émile Gallé in 1904, Nicolas became the chief decorator and designer for Établissements Gallé.
In 1919 he left Gallé, with a team of the factory's glass engravers & decorators and created a partnership with the Cristalleries de Saint-Louis to create cameo glass.

DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm Diameter

AVAILABILITY: In stock

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