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

Dragonfly Ashtray

Manufacturer Amalric Walter (French, 1870 - 1959)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1920

MediumPâte de verre

DimensionsOverall: 1 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (4.1 x 20 cm)

InscribedMarked inside near rim: "AWALTER NANCY" and on other side: "Berge Sc".

Credit LineGift of Jean Outland Chrysler

Object number71.6668

On View

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

DescriptionMolded glass. Hexagonal-shaped design of a dragonfly in high relief on a simulated blue pond. Raised leaf-like forms on each corner. Bottom is shaped with circular ripples. Vide poche is the French name for a dresser dish designed to hold the contents of a gentleman's pockets.

Label TextHenri Berge French, 1870—1937 Amalric Walter French, 1870—1959 Dragonfly Ashtray, ca. 1920 Pâte de verre Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler 71.6668 Exhibition History"Art Nouveau Belgium/France," Rice University Museum, Houston, Tex., March - October, 1976; The Art Institute of Chicago, Ill. "Clearly Inspired: Contemporary Glass and its Origins," Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, March 28 - June 6, 1999; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 11 - November 7, 1999. "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 ReferencesKaren S. Chambers and Tina Oldknow, _Clearly Inspired Contemporary Glass and Its Origins_, Tampa Museum of Art, (San Francisco: Pomegranate Communications Inc., 1999), p. 110. Nancy O. Merrill, _A Concise History of Glass Represented in the Chrysler Museum Glass Collection_ (Norfolk, Va.: The Chrysler Museum, 1989), 79, 198, no. 110 (p. 198 for detailed info). Noel Daum, _La Pâte de Verre_, (Editions Denoel: Paris, 1984), ill. 196. _Art Nouveau Belgium/France_, 1976, #504, pg. 312. 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, 21, fig. 21.