Superb rare Art Deco Cameo vase made in a colors red/orange, green and yellow that you will find once in a live time so don't miss it !The signature on this vase is: CHARDER, see photo's .
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Factory : Verreries Schneider Designer : Charles Schneider
Charles Schneider was born in Chateau-Thierry, near Paris, on 23rd February 1881. At an early age he moved with his family to Nancy, the artistic centre of France, w he later studied at "L'Ecole des Beaux Arts". He was a talented student and he used his abilities to engrave medals using his own designs. After his military service, from 1901 to 1902, he specialized in the art of glass and stone sculpture.
His brother, Ernest Schneider, started working for Daum in 1903, w he was an important designer. Two years later Charles joined the factory as a self-employed designer, while continuing his studies in Paris. In 1909, the brothers decided to start their own business and bought a small glass factory, specializing in electric light bulbs, in association with a friend Henri Wolf, at Epinay-sur-Seine. This factory was known as 'Schneider Freres et Wolf' and it operated up to 1914, when the brothers joined the army; the factory appears to have been closed until they were demobbed in 1917. The factory re-opened in 1917 under the new name of 'Societé Anonym des Verreries Schneider'. At this time, public taste still favored the Art Nouveau style, and the factory produced mainly 'cameo' glass with floral and animal designs, and vases with applied handles and bubbles. Apart from the introduction of art glass, half of the production was of commercial drinking glasses. In 1918, fire destroyed the studios at Gallé and a group of artists went to Schneider's to continue their production for Gallé. This period was of great importance to Charles Schneider because he acquired the technique of 'marqueterie de verre' from Gallé's artists. This technique, similar to marquetry in wood, is w the design is carved out of a vase and filled with colored glass. By 1920, the factory was working at full capacity making mainly art glass. In 1921, Schneider started new trade marks for his cameo glass, signing it 'Le Verre Français' or 'Charder'. Sometimes a vase or lamp would bear both signatures. The idea was to popularize art glass and make it more accessible to the public. Le Verre Français was mainly sold at department stores like Gallery Lafayette, Le Printemps and Le Bon Marche. Pieces signed 'Schneider' were sold by specialized art shops such as Delvaux, Rouard, La Vase Etrusque and Le Grand Depôt. Le Verre Français was made exclusively using the technique of acid etching, which gave good quality at a low price. The technique of wheel engraving through different layers of glass was used only for special pieces. In 1924, the Schneiders moved to a bigger factory with more modern furnaces, employing more people, and they changed the name again to 'Verrerie Schneider'. After the 1925 exhibition, various new designs were created and the factory expanded to employ about 500 workers. Blank glass was also supplied to art shops (Delvaux etc.) to be decorated (enameled, painted etc.) by their own artists, and commissions were received from perfumery companies like Coty. At this time, the company was at its peak due to the good designs of the previous years, such as the new style created in 1920 using new shapes and contrasting colors by applying black foot and handles to brightly colored vases and coupes, thus giving them a dramatic effect. .
Always innovative, Schneider created a new technique of 'coloured powders' wby the pulverized glass was mixed with metal oxides to obtain different colors and then spread on a flat surface. The glass blower would roll a gather of glass on the desired color, which would melt and ad to it; he would then blow it a little and repeat with different colors as many times as necessary to obtain the desired color layers. It ...
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