LEVEILLE Ernest (1841-1913)

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ERNEST LEVEILLE – VASE, CIRCA 1900

VASE, CIRCA 1900
Blown and crackled glass with red glass powder inclusions
Height: 17.5 cm
Unsigned. Probably a design by Eugène Rousseau

Provenance
Stern family
Then by descent

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ERNEST LEVEILLE – “A TETE DE CHIMERE” VASE, CIRCA 1885

“A TETE DE CHIMERE” VASE, CIRCA 1885
Crackled glass with glass powder inclusions, with applied side motifs depicting chimeras
Height: 20.5 cm.

Unsigned. This model was originally created by Eugène Rousseau, who did not always sign his works. It also exists in a 26 cm version with engraved chimeras and rabbit. (L’Art du verre en France, p. 35)

Bibliography
B. Klesse et H. Mayr, Glas vom Jugendstil bis heute, Sammlung Gertrud und Dr. Karl Funke-Kaiser, Cologne, 1981, p. 333, n. 243
G. Cappa, L’Europe de l’art verrier, des précurseurs de l’art nouveau à l’art actuel, 1850-1990, Liège, 1991, p. 393, n. 702

Provenance
Stern family
Then by descent

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ERNEST LEVEILLE – APPERT FRÈRES – VASE, CIRCA 1900

VASE, CIRCA 1900
Roller vase in thick, partially opalescent amber glass, decorated with fish and
seaweed deeply wheel-engraved
Signed E. Léveillé and located on the reverse
Height: 10.5 cm.

Bibliography
Vases with similar decoration and technique:
Janine Bloch-Dermant, L’Art du Verre en France, Lausanne, 1974, p. 30
Glas des Art Nouveau – Die Sammlung Gerda Koepf, Prestel 1998, page 81, ill. 4