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  Amedee de Caranza Art Nouveau Rare Iridescent Art Glass vase 1903-1906

  AMÉDÉE DE CARANZA  (active 1875-1914)  (b. Turkey / active France)
  COPILLET ET CIE  Noyon

  Nasturtium vase   1903-1906

  Blown glass with floral & foliate luster decoration handpainted on a muted iridescent ground.

  Signed: A. de CARANZA (on the side near base)

  Marks: Copillet et Cie, Noyon, 842 (twice)

  For more information and related illustrations: European Art Glass  (New York: Ray & Lee Grover, Charles E. Tuttle Publishers, Inc., 1970) pp. 69, 94-96; L’Art Du Verre En France 1860-1914, Janine Bloch-Dermant (Edita Denoel, 1974) pp. 36-37; Glass: Art Nouveau to Art Deco, Victor Arwas (New York: Abrams, 1987) pp. 56-58;  L’Europe de L’Art Verrier, des Precurseurs de l’Art Nouveau a l’Art Actuel 1850-1990, Giuseppe Cappa (Liège: Mardaga, 1991) pp. 72-74.

  H: 10″

  Copillet, H.A. Thomas Henri Alfred Copillet was originally a printer, and produced a local newspaper in Paris. When he moved his works to 13 Fauburg de Paris he acquired a kiln in the process, and thus in 1903 was began a new glass works. His designers were Amedee de Caranza and Edouard de Neuville. They produced a whole range of Art Nouveau glassware, many with a dark iridescent finish. They also produced opaline glass, and glass panels for use in church windows. The company went bankrupt in 1906, although the new management (Lefevre and Lhomme) kept a little of the production going for a while, the factory was destroyed during the First World War.

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