Muller Brothers Lunéville Vase (1897-1936)

3394 – muller frères lunéville vase (1897-1936) superb ball vase in variegated lined glass with silver and gold inclusions signed “muller fres lunéville”, a technique perfectly mastered by these great glassmakers. No cracks or chips. Presence of micro-scratches mainly under the base with trace of the polished pontil. Signature listed for production after 1914. Known shape, even exists in different colors and inclusions and in marbled glass. Height 163 mm X 150 mm. Weight 940g. Careful and tracked shipping. For information, the brothers and sisters of the muller family originally from kalhausen near saint louis in lorraine, expatriates from occupied moselle, are the founders of the muller frères glassworks in lunéville and genius glassmakers of french art from the art nouveau and art deco periods. The older brothers trained in glasswork at the saint louis crystal factory and at the meisenthal glassworks with désiré christian worked with émile gallé as clerks or glass engravers-decorators. The eldest henri left him in 1897 and joined forces with the hinzelin glassworks in croismare to produce glassware in direct competition with those of gallé and daum, which bought it after their bankruptcy in 1933.

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