French Glass Box St Louis Art Verrier Bowl Vase Nouveau Deco Paul Nicolas Galle

ANTIQUE ST LOUIS ART VERRIER GLASS BOX BOWL VASE FRENCH ART NOUVEAU DECO PAUL NICOLAS GALLE. D'ARGENTAL CAMEO ART GLASS SAINT LOUIS NANCY FRANCE. THIS BEAUTIFUL BOX / BOWL MEASURES APPROX.

3" HIGH AND 5 1/4" ACROSS. THIS PIECE WAS MADE BY PAUL NICOLAS, (1875 - 1952), FOR ST. A RENOWN COLLECTOR OF RARE ART GLASS. THE PROVENANCE OF THIS RARE PIECE, FROM THIS COLLECTION, AND THE HISTORY OF IT'S CREATOR, PAUL NICOLAS, MAKE IT AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO EVERY SERIOUS COLLECTOR OF FINE ANTIQUE ART GLASS. PAUL NICOLAS FIRST WORKED FOR EMILE GALLÉ FOR MANY YEARS (1893 - 1919), AMONG OTHERS, AS A HEAD DESIGNER.

IN 1919 HE STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS BY CREATING WORK UNDER HIS OWN NAME AND D'ARGENTAL, AND FOR SAINT LOUIS, FOR WHOM HE MADE SPECIAL GLASS ART DESIGNS. HE DID THIS UP UNTIL THE 2ND WORLD WAR. THE BOOK:'PAUL NICOLAS, ITINÉRAIRE D'UN VERRIER LORRAIN' DISCUSES A LOT OF HIS WORK FOR ST.

THE EXAMPLE OF THE SIGNATURE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOWL CAN BE SEEN ON P. THE WORK OF PAUL NICOLAS CAN BE ADMIRED IN MANY MUSEUMS. THE MUSÉE DE L'ECOLE DE NANCY HAS A VERY EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF HIS WORK. 3 PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND REVIEW THE PHOTOS FOR DESCRIPTION.

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