BACCARAT CAMEO GLASS STICK VASE SIGNED AND DATED 1915. THIS EXQUISITE 6 CAMEO STICK VASE IS ACID CUT AND HAS WHEEL ENGRAVING. THE DESIGN FEATURES BEAUTIFUL THISTLE IN BLOOM AND IN BUD, WITH LEAVES, IN LOVELY ROSEY APRICOT AGAINST FROSTED BACKGROUND.
IT ALSO HAS THE QUOTATION IN CAMEO QUI. S'Y FROTTE S'Y PIQUE" EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH TRANSLATION IS "GATHER THISTLES, EXPECT PRICKLES. THIS VASE IS FEATURED IN THE FRENCH CAMEO GLASS BOOK BY BERNIECE AND HENRY BLOUNT 1968 ON PAGE 125. THIS TREASURE FEATURES THE SIGNATURE OF THE ARTIST IN SCRIPT ON THE SIDE, AND THE CORRECT ENGRAVED BACCARAT OVER 1915 ON THE BOTTOM. HE TOLD ME HE LOANED THIS CAMEO PIECE TO MR.
BLOUNT FOR HIS CAMEO BOOK. THE DEALER PASSED SHORTLY AFTER THIS SALE. HE TOLD ME AS FAR AS HE KNEW, THIS WAS A ONLY ONE OF IT'S KIND, HE COULD NEVER FIND ANOTHER ONE. AN AMAZING BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ART NOUVEAU AT ITS FINEST.
THIS RARE PIECE MEASURES 6" TALL, AND 1 1/2" ACROSS THE TOP AND BOTTOM. EXCELLENT CONDITION, NO CHIPS, CRACKS OR FLEA BITES. THIS PIECE IS 109 YEARS OLD. I DO ACCEPT PAY PAL. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR LOOKING, BOB L.