Rare Tall Antique Schneider Baluster Form Jades Vase
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This is a rare monumental Charles and Ernest Schneider baluster form vase in a drop dead gorgeous tango orange and ivory mottled glass. Stands a little over 14 inches tall. The signature is prominent on the side of the base. It was produced about 1925 at the height of the art deco movement. A factory was founded by two brothers Charles and Ernest Schneider withHenri Wolf before WWI. This was at Epinay-sur-Seine near Paris.Production during this time is poorly recorded. The second period commenced a few years after the war. The Schneider's propelled themselves into full art glass production. Charles was the artistic director. He had trained at the Beaux Arts School. After military service Charles further trained at Daum . history is a little hazy, he does not appear to have held a significant position at Daum but perhaps aspired to the head decorators role later filled by Wirtz. Whether this motivated him to set up on his own is unclear. He freelanced for Daum, certainly producing pate de verre although this work is unsigned. Although Charles undoubtedly came from a period when Art Nouveau was in vogue, from the 1920's Charles produced original forms. Reinventing Venetian forms in clear but coloured glass with bubbles and applied trails and cabochons. Although we now tend to think of these as Art Deco they are more typical of later
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