"Calypso Double glass soliflore vase with engraved decoration in fine reserve and polychrome enamel of a pastoral scene on a yellow and orange background. Signed "Legras" in the decoration. H: 27 cm (a small chip at the edge of the lips) A "Calypso" double layer glass vase by François-Théodore Legras with a finely etched and plolychromatic enamelled decor of a pastoral scene on a yellow and orange background. Signed "Legras" in the decor. H : 10,62 inch (a slight chip at the rim) Bibliography : - Marie-Françoise & Jean-François Michel, Dominique et Jean Vitrat: "François-Théodore Legras, verrerie artistique et populaire française", Manufacture d'Histoire editions, 2012, decoration reproduced on page 322 on a variant-shaped vase n°1040.

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