Durand Art Deco Irridescent Gold Glass Vase, Signed

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Beautiful rare 1920s hand blown gold iridescent vase in a stout form with flared rim by gass artist, Victor Durand, … more Beautiful rare 1920s hand blown gold iridescent vase in a stout form with flared rim by gass artist, Victor Durand, Circa 1924-1931; Millville, New Jersey. Signed on bottom.

This vase exemplifies the short-lived art glass line developed by Victor Durand Jr. for his Vineland Flint Glass Works in southern New Jersey. A Frenchman, Durand was a third-generation of glassworkers trained at the Cristalleries de Baccarat. Durand came with his family to New Jersey in 1884, when he joined his father (also Victor Durand) at the young age of 14, having already worked as a glassmaker for two years. In 1897, he and with his father leased a glassworks in Vineland, near Millville, and built a large and successful enterprise producing scientific and commercial glass. In 1924 he fulfilled his dream to establish an art glass line. less