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Your Price: $ 10.50
Item Number: 2117
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Manufacturer: Georges Briad
Neat mid century modern glass which came out of a home. This was designed by Georges Briard and shows his printed signature near the base on one side. From some internet research, we believe this is a rarer Georges Briard vintage glass likely from the 1960's.
This has a bathing or bathroom design, so it may have been intended to be a bathroom or vanity glass but could also be used as a drinking glass. This is what we believe was meant to be a female glass, showing an Angel or Cupid toweling dry after a bath in a small, old-fashioned type low tub. We believe this is a girl or female angel since the additional ornamentation on this glass shows perfume bottles, lipstick and some other female toiletries.
This vintage glass measures about 4 3/4 inches tall with an outside top diameter of 2 1/2 inches. It is straight walled with the design depicted in a black lined/outlined fashion with painted gold highlights. We've read elsewhere that Georges Briard glasses often used 22K gold paint for their highlights, but this glass does not indicate that here, so we don't know if this gold paint is 22K or not. There is no country of origin or manufacturer marking beyond the Georges Briard name on one side near the base. This glass weighs about 7 ounces unpacked.
This glass was made with a clear glass base (you can see this at the bottom portion of the glass), with the black line and gold design applied on the outside and a light blue or light aqua solid color or frosting applied on the inside. When you look at the bottom interior of the glass, you can see that this light blue was added as either a painted on color or an interior film, which has a few tiny bubbles in it of darker blue on the interior base. As manufactured, a few of these paint/film bubbles then burst leaving a few tiny pin dots of clear which you can see if you hold this glass up to a light.
We've provided 8 images to try and show from varied angles, including a close-up of the Georges Briard name. Please note that the camera light creates white "hot spot" reflections on the smooth surfaces. We've also included here two images without the camera light, so these appear darker, but may help you see some of the detail. Please use the zoom feature to examine closely.
Very nice vintage condition ready to use or display, with some expected age/use/storage wear. There are no chips, cracks, crazing. However there is some wear to the black outlining in places (such as on the Georges Briard name), not a lot, but some. There is more wear on some of the gold areas, most noticeable on the right Angel wing but also a bit on the left wing (with a few scratches also visible on this wing), and some gold wear on the tub, some of the toiletry items and elsewhere. Even so, the design is very much still there and looks good overall. This old piece has many smooth horizontal lines, and some vertical lines, in the glass as made/manufactured. You can particularly see these in the close-up image of the Georges Briard name, with it looking like there are scratches by the name but these are the smooth molded ridges in the glass which you can feel on the surface. The underside base shows touches of wear and there is other minor expected use/age/storage wear. Please see earlier note regarding the blue interior coating. |
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