701 - Vase with poppy seeds

Vase with poppy seeds Vase with poppy Muller Frères, Grandes Verreries de Croismare, c. 1900 - 1914 Round ascending base. Wall conically widened in the upper area oval in cross-section. Colourless glass, underlaid with light blue opal on the inside, violet overlay on the outside. Etched and relief-cut decoration: blossoms, buds and foliage of the poppy. The base acid-polished, the cut decorative sections partially polished. Underside in needle etching inscribed: Muller Croismare. H. 25 cm Cf. lit.: Verrerie Art Nouveau, Musée L'Ècole de Nancy, p. 122 no. 58 (identical) Cf. lit.: H. Hilschenz-Mlynek/H. Ricke, loc. cit., fig. 459