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Three BUTTERFLY LADY Themed Vases made by three different company

8/1/2016

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SCHMETTERLING Vase
SCHMETTERLING means butterfly in German.
These vases were made by August Walther & Sohne who were a German glass company.
The Schmetterling vase is seen and named  in the August Walther & Sohne 1936 catalogue
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They are 21.5cm high with a removable flower frog that fits into the inside of the vase.
The flower frog is pictured below.
They are seen in crystal, amber, green. blue and pink and possibly in other colours in a clear and frosted finish
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Pictured below are  parts of an incomplete steel mould that may have been  used to make Schmettling vases.

There would have been another matching  piece to this mould as pictured on the left.
When the two pieces are  clamped together they form the shape of the vase .
 
The  conical shaped plunger pictured on the right would have been pressed into the mould after molten glass was added  to make a vase.

On the plunger  can be seen the shape that forms the curves of the  wings on the rim of the vase.

The surface of this mould appears to be corroded which possibly makes it unusable.
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 BUTTERFLY LADY (AN)Vase.

They were made by the Brockwitz Glass Company who were a German glass company.
Bockwitz did not name these vases in their catalogues.
This vase is seen and numbered as Nr 6941 in the 1941 Brockwitz glass company catalogue as pictured below.

 
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The catalogue information is in written in German which has been translated into English as follows.
Nr. 6941 - Number 6941.
hell - Bright
farbig - Colour
mattiert - Frosted
They are 27cm high.

The catalogue does not list any colours.
They were most likely  made in the following range of  colours crystal, amber, green, blue and pink in a frosted finish.


Check out the following web site called www.pressglas-korrespondenz.de to view  a plethora of glass makers catalogue and glass related articles.


DAME PAPILLON (AN)  Vase.

Dame Papillon means Butterfly Lady in French.
The year of manufacture is unknown at this point of time.
The vases  are 23.7cm high.
They are 24cm  at their wides point  at the wing tips and  14cm wide front to back.
Seen in amber, green, blue and smoky brown in a clear finish.
Other  colours likely are crystal and pink.

Whilst this  vase has been attributed to Val Saint Lambert who are a Belgian glass company, this is yet to be confirmed.


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Should any one know of the existence of a catalogue or other documentation that can provide this information, could they please let me know about it via the blog on this web page.
The letters (AN) that appear in the name of any item indicates that it has been named by me and stands for "Author's Name".

I can be contacted at  gfbsets@gmail.com

Neil Cooper
4 Comments
chris
1/3/2017 09:54:49 pm

you say these are attributed to Val Saint lambert, but this factory was more into cut crystal, while their moulded glass collection was sold under the LUXVAL label.
But these butterfly vases were produced by Scailmont, which is another belgian factory :-)

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Neil
6/3/2017 05:28:30 pm

Hi Chris
Thank you for getting in touch.

Yes I mention attributed for a good reason as the information had come from a source that could not be confirmed.

Do you have or know of a Scalilmont catatlogue that will confirm the maker.

If so I would appreciate a copy for confirmation of the maker so I can correct this article.

Best regards

Neil Cooper

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Chris
21/11/2017 06:27:16 am

That would be Henri Heemskerk. A migrated Dutchman who was invited by scailmont to create vases for them. The same story as for Catteau, who is renowned for his heavy enameled pottery for Bloch frères keramis

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Wendy miller
30/3/2019 06:44:31 pm

I think I have one of these vases with the insert

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