New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Vase

Manufacturer Pierre Gire (Pierre D'Avesn) (1901 - 1920)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1925

MediumMold blown glass

DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 in. (12.7 cm)

InscribedMarked in faint relief on bottom: "France" and "D'AVESN" and scratched "MADE IN FRANCE".

Credit LineGift of Joan Foy French

Object number71.6367

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 58

DescriptionVase/bowl of opaque white mold blown glass. Squat shape with a central frieze of lions and lionesses. Stepped bands above and below.

Label TextPierre d'Avesn Choisy-le-Roi, France Vase, ca. 1925 Mold-blown glass Gift of Joan Foy French 71.6367 Published ReferencesArwas, GLASS ART NOUVEAU TO ART DECO, pg. 36.