Charles Schneider French Art Deco Cameo Glass Vase PRUNES

This French art deco cameo glass vase from the Barbra Streisand Collection was created by Charles SchneiderCharles Schneider
[1881 - 1962] 

In 1913, Charles Schneider and his brother established the Cristallerie Schneider at Epnay-sur-Seine, France. Charles had learned his trade as a designer for the great Art Nouveau glass firms of Galle and Daum. Art glass by Schneider was originally signed Schneider, Le Verre Francaise, or Charder (a contraction of Charles Schneider). Occasionally, it was signed with the inclusion of a small candy-cane of striped glass in the base. The glass marked "Schneider" was produced from 1913 to 1933 in a variety of shapes and colors, including a new deep orange, which Schneider developed in 1926 and called "Tango". This orange became so popular a color that it was copied in other mediums. The glass that Schneider produced marked Le Verre Francais (the glass of France), and Charder, was made of two contrasting layers of colored glass. Part of the outer layer was cut away in various Art Deco motifs by acid etching, to reveal the...
Click to Read More (1881 – 1958) for his Le Verre Francais line. The vase, in the “Prunes” cutting, depicts plums in violet glass over and underlayer of translucent copper-red glass. The vase is 6 ¼” high and is incised on the base “Le Verre Francais”. It is also signed with the “Beringot” (a small tri colored candy cane inserted hot into the vessel that Schneider used from 1918 until 1922 to mark his pieces). The vas still has the special sticker from the 1994 Christie’s Auction.

Reference# G034

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