Amalric Walter Furniture

Decorative pâte-de-verre vide-poche: bowl in yolk yellow, one side overflowing in dark blue, swimming around each other, plastically formed goldfish couple. Signed 'AWALTER NANCY' on the top. Manufactory: Amalric Walter, Nancy, Lorraine, France Dating of manufacture: circa 1920/1925 Designer: VICTOR AMALRIC WALTER (1870-1959) was a French glass manufacturer mainly known for his pâte de verre pieces. In the Cristalleries Daum at Nancy, France, he met the designer and modelist HENRI BERGÉ, with whom he produced the first pâtes de verre, which at the time were only signed with "Daum Nancy". After the war he continued to work with Henri Bergé. From 1919 to 1935 he cast no fewer than 500 models with Bergé and other famous sculptors or designers, always in few numbers due to the sophisticated technique of glass kiln casting. Technique: Pâte de verre (English glass paste) is a technique used in the production of multi-colored glass. A cold-formed paste made of glass powder and dyes is filled into a refractory mold and then fired in a muffle furnace, whereby the glass melts into the desired shape. To achieve polychrome color effects, the process is repeated with other colors. The technique was already known in ancient Rome and Egypt. Particularly in the Art Nouveau period and later in the Art Deco period, she found artistic use again in works by French glass artists such as Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, Henry Cros...

French Art Nouveau Bronze card tray or Pin Tray, Vide - Poche, 1920s This absolutely adorable card tray or pin tray, Vide - Poche, is made of bronze ...

French Art Nouveau style pewter vide-poche or pin tray a lady with a peacock from circa 1950s. This adorable card tray or pin tray, Vide-Poche, is made of pewter and features a young...

Agate Vide Poche Measures: 5.5" x 5" x 2".

Art Deco tazza/compote Jean E. Puiforcat silver-plated small silver-plated tazza with a blue column stem, on stepped base. Stamped "Puiforcat/France" with EP maker's.

Agate Vide Poche Measures: 6" x 5.5" x 2".

Pâte de verre vide-poche by Amalric Walter. Born in Sèvres on May 19, 1870, Walter first worked at the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, near Paris, where he decorated and glazed ear...

1990's porcelain vide poche or ashtray with parrot decoration Signed Hermès Paris

Beautiful antique miniature vanity mirror for jewelry. France, circa 1920.

Aluminium Vide Poche by Henry Wilson Discard your day at the door. Your Vide Poche is designed with your loose-pocket items in mind – think keys, change and phone. It is made, po...

Vide-poche in the format of a can cap, blue enameled porcelain, 20th century. Measures: D 27 cm, H 7 cm.

Vide Poche Rond by Henry Wilson Dimensions: W 12.5 x D 12.5 x H 4 cm Materials: Bronze Discard your day at the door. Your Vide Poche is designed with your loose-pocket items in mi...