Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Plaque à la Rose

Manufacturer Amalric Walter (French, 1870 - 1959)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1925

MediumPâte de verre

DimensionsThickness: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Overall: 6 9/16 x 9 5/8 in. (16.7 x 24.4 cm)

InscribedSigned lower right: "AWALTER Nancy" and lower left: "Berge sc".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6480

Not on view

DescriptionPate de verre plaque. Rectangular in shape with a raised rose at the bottom and the rest of raised leaves and the stem. Mostly green. Leaves and stem are brighter and the blossom is tinted rose on the petal tips. Plaque à la rose.

Label TextROSE PLAQUE Amalric Walter, Nancy, France Henri Berge, Sculptor Ca. 1925 Pate de verre. Marks: incised on lower right A WALTER/NANCY And on the lower left Berge Sc Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6480 Published ReferencesJean Hurstel. "Amalric Walter, créateur de la pâte de verre," LE PAYS LORRAIN: JOURNAL DE LA SOCIÉTÉ D'HISTOIRE DE LA LORRAINE & DU MUSÉE LORRAIN. Vol. 81. 09/2000:pp. 183-194; ill. 188. Noel Daum, LA PATE DE VERRE, (Editions Denoel: Paris, 1984), ill. 213.