Legras & Cie., (dans le style) - Vase (2) - Glass - Art Nouveau - France

Pair of antique Legras / Montjoye vases – Art Nouveau – circa 1895–1910

Pair of antique vases in translucent green glass, attributed to Legras & Cie glassworks, Montjoye production from Saint-Denis, probably dating to 1895–1910, in the Art Nouveau style. Flat-bodied shape with a swollen belly, flared neck and rectangular pedestal foot, they feature a hand-painted multicolored floral decoration with gilded highlights.

Height: about 33 cm.
Opening width: about 9 cm x 11 cm
Weight: 1155 g and 1239 g

The decoration depicts large iris flowers with pink, white and cream petals, accompanied by floral buds and elongated green and brown foliage.

The flowers are worked in polychrome enamels, with touches of paint in slight relief emphasizing petals and botanical details.

The decoration is completed by fine gilded accents outlining the veins of the foliage, as well as small stylized floral motifs distributed on the different faces.

A gilded ornamental frieze, composed of tendrils, scrolls and historicist-inspired floral motifs, underscores the rim around the flared neck.

François-Théodore Legras (1839–1916), French master glassmaker, led the important Saint-Denis glassworks, renowned for their decorative creations and their enamelled glassworks of the Belle Époque. The Montjoye mark is associated with their artistic productions.

These two vases display a very close decorative composition, forming a harmonious pair.

Condition: The vases are in overall good condition but show signs of age and localized wear to the gilding, particularly on the rims. Vase no. 1 has 2 small chips at the neck (see photos) and vase no. 2 has a small chip at one corner of its neck (see photo).

Despite these “defects,” the pair remains magnificent and will grace your interior with a century of history.

Carefully packed for ultra-protected shipment!