Water Set (Grand Verres d'Eau)

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Water Set (Grand Verres d'Eau)

Manufacturer Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint-Louis (French, founded 1586)

Dateabout 1845

DimensionsH: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); Diam: 5 in. (12.7 cm)

MediumColorless and multi-colored lead glass; blown, lamp-worked, encased, applied, cut, and polished.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

2006.21A-B

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 4

DescriptionThe 'Verres d'Eau' consists of a circular tray with a flared rim, its base cut at the reverse with shallow, radiating flutes, upon which rests a large and a small decanter, a covered bowl and a footed tumbler, all decorated with large hexagonal facets in the so-called nid d'abeilles or honeycomb pattern. Their bases are cut in the center with a star. The two carafe stoppers and the finial of the sugar bowl cover are each enclosing a lampworked bouquet of polychrome flowers.

Published ReferencesMallett, The 19th Century, 2001, p.10.

Mallett, Objects, Glass and Works of Art, 2006, p.66.

Olbrich, Hubert, "Zuckerwasser- Garnituren", Katalog des Zuckermuseums Berlin, Berlin, 1991, pp. 168-169.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Dena K. Tarshis, Objects of Fantasy: Glass inclusions of the Nineteenth Century, 2001, Santa Cruz: Paperweight Press, pp. 106-107, no. 60.