Description
LEGRAS – SAINT-DENIS
‘Samos’ vase from the ‘Algues’ series, with a conical, shouldered body and an open neck. White glass prototype. Seabed motif in polychrome enamels on a milky orange-beige background.
Signed.
Height: 52 cm
Bibliography: Marie-Françoise and Jean-François Michel & Dominique and Jean Vitrat, François-Théodore Legras – Verrerie artistique et populaire française, Manufacture d’histoires Deux-Ponts, 2012; the model is referenced and reproduced in a commercial plate from the ‘Algues’ series on p. 340, and on pp. 339–340 for vases from the ‘Algues’ series.
Philippe Olland, Dictionary of Master Glassmakers – Marks and Signatures, Éditions Faton, Dijon, 2016, p. 203, featuring two vases with decoration similar to our model.
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About the sale
Modern Art & Contemporary Interiors
Auction location
Auction time
10/07/2026 at 2:00 PM
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