Stick Vase

Manufacturer Burgun, Schverer & Cie (French, est. 1711)

CultureFrench | German

Dateca. 1895

MediumBlown glass | Gilt

DimensionsOverall: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
Base: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)

InscribedMarked with gilt over polished pontil entwined with a thistle and cross: "Verrerie D'Art de Lorraine, BS&Co/depose". In script.

Credit LineGift of Jean Outland Chrysler

Object number71.6613

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-8, Case 49

DescriptionStick vase with a large egg-shape bulb with a rather short neck with a bulge below the narrow round rim. Lavender with pale orchid design and green leaves and stars on the neck bulge. From clear to lavender and enameled then plated with clear and acid cut leaving part with enamel design raised and then highlighted with gilt now mostly worn off.

Label TextIRIS VASE Burgun, Schverer & Cie Meisenthal, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany Late 19th century Blown glass; enameled then reheated and Cased; acid-etched, cameo carved, gilded. Mark: in gilt on bottom VERRERIE D"ART/ DE-LORRAINE/B.S. & C./depose Displayed on the cross of Lorraine Entwined with a thistle. Gift: Jean Outland Chrylser Collection 71.6613Published ReferencesJeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 134, fig. 164. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1