Durand Glass
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| Durand Glass |
The iridescent glass production at the vineland glass
company, new jersey, is better known as Durand, the name of the enterprising
French born glassmaker whose commercial success allowed him to fund his range
of art glass.
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| Durand Glass |
However, the team soon produced its own distinctive range of
colours and patterns.
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| Durand Glass |
Forms were regular and simple.
The basic golden amber iridescence was called Ambergris, but
it was the patterns that distinguished the Durand vineland pieces.
Some vases were decorated with fine random trails of glass
threads, a technique known as spiderwebbing other declaration included Peacock
feathers and King Tut swirls, following the fashion for all things Egyptian
after the 1923 discovery of Tutankhamuns
tomb.
On some pieces the iridescent pattern was allowed to drip
down the sides to create random patterns.
Other iridescent ware had cameo or intaglio designs in the
surface.
In the late 1920s, a range of crackled glass vases was
introduced under the exotic names of Moorish crackle and Egyptian crackle.
Durands early cut glass is mostly unmarked.
Later pieces are usually signed Durand, with the lettering
sometimes across the letter V.
Prices are pretty solid and the likelihood of finding a
cheap piece may imply it could possibly be a fake, or as they say you get what
you pay for.
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