VANNES GLASS

THE SEA, HELD STILL.

CRYSTAL FROM VANNES, FRANCE. RIDGES RISE FROM A SINGLE FLUTED FOOT AND OPEN OUTWARD, A WAVE AT THE INSTANT BEFORE IT BREAKS. MOVEMENT, FIXED IN GLASS.

1812 DRAWS ON STONE, COAST AND THE FORCES THAT SHAPE THEM. THIS PIECE BELONGS TO THAT WORLD. AN OBJECT FROM ELSEWHERE, CHOSEN FOR WHAT IT SHARES WITH OURS.

THE MAKER. THE GLASSWORKS AT VANNES LE CHÂTEL, IN LORRAINE, HAS MADE GLASS SINCE 1765. ITS FREE FORM ART CRYSTAL OF THE MID TWENTIETH CENTURY, SOLD UNDER THE NAME ART VANNES, IS NOW COLLECTED AS FRENCH DECORATIVE ART.

THE PIECE. CLEAR CRYSTAL. AN OPEN WING FORM ON A STAR SHAPED FOOT. ART GLASS, MADE TO BE LOOKED AT BEFORE IT IS EVER USED.

30.5 CM HIGH. 68.5 CM WIDE. 18.5 CM DEEP.

VINTAGE. ONE OF ONE. SELECTED FOR 1812.