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BURGUN SCHVERER (Lorraine Art Glassworks)
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BURGUN SCHVERER (Lorraine Art Glassworks)
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Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
Voluntary lot
Description
BURGUN SCHVERER (Lorraine Art Glassworks)
A colourless crystal vase with a honey-amber lining, enhanced with green interlaying powders, featuring a rounded body, a small recessed foot and a straight, rimmed neck. Rich decoration, finely engraved and painted with polychrome hard enamels and gold, featuring a cartouche depicting a chariot race on the body, and, on the rest of the piece, a frieze of palmettes, stylised flowers and geometric motifs.
Gold signature within a thistle and the Cross of Lorraine: ‘Verrerie d’Art de Lorraine B.S.C déposé’, beneath the base.
H: 15 cm
(bubbles in the interlayer powders, some of which have burst on the surface)
A transparent and amber-honey-tinted double-layer crystal vase by Burgun & Schverer, with green interlayer powders and a finely etched, polychromatic and gold-enamelled decoration depicting a chariot race on the belly, surrounded by friezes of stylised palmettes, flowers and geometric patterns. Gold signature “Verrerie d’Art de Lorraine B.S.C déposé”, beneath the base, within a Lorraine thistle and featuring a Lorraine cross.
H: 5.90 inches
(bubbles in the interlayers, some bursting on the surface)
Bibliography:
- François Le Tacon, Paul Franckhauser and Yvon Fleck: “Meisenthal, cradle of Art Nouveau glass”, catalogue of the exhibition held from 26 March to 1 November 1999 at the Maison du verre et du cristal in Meisenthal, 1999; the piece was exhibited and reproduced under number 54.
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About the sale
The P. Olland Collection, Museum of Enamels and Art Glass (Part I)
Auction location
Auction time
09/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
Lot description modified on 09/09/2026 at 9:56 AM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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