Amalric Walter Nancy, Glass Paste Fish, Early 20th Century

Glass paste fish in a gradient of green and blue, signed A Walter Nancy

Good general condition, small chip at the mouth of the fish and under the tail)

Art Nouveau

Amalric Walter, born in 1870, was trained at the Manufacture de Sèvres, then set up on his own to produce glass paste and earthenware (few examples have reached us)
After the 1900 Universal Exhibition where he was rewarded; between 1905 and 1915, he collaborated with the Maison Daum and will create, according to the designs of the chief decorator Henri Bergé, more than a hundred models of glass paste in the Art Nouveau style (animals, floral decorations, etc.)

His reputation established, both in Paris and in Nancy, he created his own workshop and continued his work with Bergé; more than 500 models will be born from their work.
The work and the technique of glass paste being complex and slow, the number of copies of each piece is limited.

Amalric Walter will close his workshop in 1935

Height 9cm
19 x 4cm

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