Sirene au poisson (Mermaid with Fish)

Title: 
Sirene au poisson (Mermaid with Fish)

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Object Name: 
Relief
Title: 
Sirene au poisson (Mermaid with Fish)
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Conches-en-Ouche
Accession Number: 
53.3.14
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 33 cm, W: 18.5 cm, D: 6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1930
Primary Description: 
Extremely heavy very bubbly translucent greyish-colorless and multicolored glass (pate-de-verre); surface pitted; cast. Relief of a "kneeling" mermaid holding a fish, with brownish tail; the background is multicolored, the waves are dark green; on the right a stamp: "Decorchemont".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Stora, Mrs. Raphael, Source
1953
Category: 
Modern
Color: 
gray
colorless
multicolored
Technique: 
pâte de verre
casting
Material: 
glass
Copyright: 
© Francois-Emile Decorchemont

Exhibitions (1)

Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations
Venue(s)
Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village 2005-04 through 2006-01