Amalric Walter Glass

Delicate round lidded box made of translucent glass paste with green, blue and turquoise color inclusions, with slightly conical wall, recessed flat lid with yellow rosebud and green leaves as knob, on the upper rim of the container paired...

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...

Pâte de Verre paperweight 'Lucane': Stag beetle in shades of brown on a yellow stone base with greenish foliage. Signed 'AW' at the bottom. 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...

A pair of Art Deco pâte de verre bookends in the form of stylised dolphins. Designed by Auguste Houillon (1885-1954) for Amalric Walter, Nancy, France. Etched Walter Nancy and A Houi...

A French Art Nouveau Pâte-de-Verre by Amalric Walter, featuring a pair of yellow fantailed fish interlaced with each other over a blue-green background. Similar dish with angelfish pictured in Almaric...

Gorgeous tray-bowl in orange-yellow-cream color shade/Art Deco Vide-poche en pâte de verre à décor d'une abeille sur fleur Signature incisée 'A. Walter Nancy...