Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Seahorse Vase

Artist Georges Despret (French, 1862-1952)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1906

MediumPâte de verre

DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

InscribedMarked in center of polished pontil with "*" and "831". Incised lower side: "Despret".

Credit LineGift of Jean Outland Chrysler

Object number71.6520

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-8, Case 47

DescriptionVase; pate de verre urn shape with pair of molded sea horses down side as handles and with vase surface molded slightly with sea plant forms. In shades of lavender, blue and pink. Several minor surface cracks.

Label TextGeorges Despret French, 1862—1952 Seahorse Vase, ca. 1906 Pâte de verre Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler 71.6520 Exhibition History"Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations," Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Village, Millville, N.J., April 1 - December 31, 2005. Published ReferencesN. Daum, _La Pâte de Verre_, ill. 92. Susanne K. Frantz, with introductory essay by Jean-Luc Olivié, _Particle Theories: International Pâte de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations_, exh. cat., Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village, Millville, N.J., 2005, 16, fig. 8.