Scailmont - Vase - Decor 'Vigerettes' - Glass

Verreries de Scailmont – frosted and enameled vase – Model ‘Vigerettes’ Vase from Verreries de Scailmont in Manage, Belgium. The vase in clear glass was yellow-satinized and then enamelled with a subtle green/black frieze. The rim of the vase was black enamelled. Signed at the base: Scailmont and Decor Vigerettes. This model is absent from the Scailmont catalog: Les Verreries de Scailmont à l’époque Art déco, Bragard & Thomas, Cahiers du Musée du Verre, 2013. The vase is about 26.5 cm high, the widest diameter 12 cm. The vase is in very good condition with normal signs of use. No chips. Photos are part of the description. Carefully packed and shipped with a tracking code to your home. We do not ship to countries with a special customs status. Verreries de Scailmont was a well-known Belgian glassworks founded in 1901 in Manage (Hainaut) by H.R. Hirsch. From 1908 it was led by Georges Sacré. In the 1930s, the factory reached its peak with about 800 employees. In 1924 the factory opened a department for decorative glass. Under the direction of chief designer Henri Heemskerk (who worked there from 1924 to 1951) Scailmont gained great fame for enameled, frosted and pressed Art Deco glass and opaline vases. Designer Charles Catteau also achieved success there for the Paris World Exposition of 1925. Characteristic are colorful layered vases, pressed glass, and Art Nouveau and Art Deco patterns. Lamps and vases by Scailmont are loved by collectors.

Estimate:£125.13

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