Lot 5B
North America, United States, Durand Art Glass, ca. 1924 to 1931. A stunning pulled and decorated Durand Art Glass vase presenting a green iridescent body adorned by a white heart and vine design and a warm coppery red interior. The elegant form is comprised of a flared base that resolves in a tall cylindrical body and dramatically flares to a broad mouth. A mesmerizing example of Durand Art Glass which was only produced for seven years from 1924 to 1931 in Vineland, New Jersey, by French immigrant Victor Durand Jr. Size: 4.75" in diameter at widest point x 11.4" H (12.1 cm x 29 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has this to say about another pulled and decorated Durand Glass vase (accession number 2019.250), "This vase exemplifies the short-lived art glass line developed by Victor Durand Jr. for his Vineland Flint Glass Works in southern New Jersey. A Frenchman, Durand was a third-generation of glassworkers trained at the Cristalleries de Baccarat. Durand came with his family to New Jersey in 1884, when he joined his father (also Victor Durand) at the young age of 14, having already worked as a glassmaker for two years. In 1897, he and with his father leased a glassworks in Vineland, near Millville, and built a large and successful enterprise producing scientific and commercial glass. In 1924 he fulfilled his dream to establish an art glass line, and hired Martin Bach Jr., who had worked at his fathers Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company. Bach brought with him several highly skilled glass workers from Quezal. The new venture which Durand gave its own nameDurand Art Glassproduced a variety of art glass lines, but one of the most successful was the pulled and threaded decorated vases, like this example. With deep origins in Egyptian glass, Durand was most directly inspired by vases from Tiffany Furnaces with similar decoration. This particular example demonstrates the high degree of skill of the glassworkers who produced it, and a sensitivity to color and style. Durand Art Glass, however, was short-lived, and production ceased shortly after Durands tragic death in 1931."
Provenance: ex-Nancy and Dr. E.F. Simpson collection, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from 1970 to 2000
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#172265
- Condition: Exquisite. Tiny red speck on upper middle of cylindrical body and minor surface wear with a few expected scuffs here and there; otherwise intact and excellent with "'Durand' Alfaro" collection label on the base.
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