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Art Nouveau Amalric Walter and Henri Bergé "Buccin" Pâte de verre vide poche

$6,250
£4,775.65
€5,709.52
CA$9,052.33
A$9,268.36
CHF 5,264.18
MX$118,530.07
NOK 60,555.42
SEK 62,925.10
DKK 42,679.29

About the Item

This vide-poche depicts a whelk (Buccin) beside a strand of fucus, the brown algae traditionally harvested along the Breton coast. Such gathering was historically undertaken by goémoniers, laborers who collected seaweed—often by donkey cart—for use as fuel or fertilizer, a theme that also appealed to Realist painters for its evocation of regional labor and custom. The whelk, which naturally grazes on organisms living among seaweed, underscores the ecological specificity of the scene. Rendered in pâte de verre and tinted with cobalt oxide, the glass evokes a shallow pool of seawater settled into a sandy depression, within which the whelk and fucus appear beached. Item #: YP-22133 Artist: Amalric Walter and Henri Bergé Country: France Circa: 1900 Dimensions: 3" height, 6" width, 7" depth. Materials: Pâte de verre Glass Signed: "A. Walter Nancy", and, "Bergé SC” Literature: A similar vide poche is pictured in: Amalric Walter (1870-1959), by Keith Cummings, Kingswinford: Broadfield House Glass Museum, 2006, p. 51, plate 80. Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: Pâte de verre material was produced by grinding glass into a fine powder, adding a binder to create a paste, and adding a fluxing medium to facilitate melting. The paste is brushed or tamped into a mold, dried, and fused by firing, meaning this is not only one of the most technically difficult manners in which to create glass objects.
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  • Dimensions:
    Height: 3 in (7.62 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)Depth: 7 in (17.78 cm)
  • Style:
    Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    1900
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  • Seller Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU885449825632

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