Antique Enameled Glass Bottle, Attributed To T. Legras, France, 1890–1900

A blown-glass bottle, colored throughout the mass in a "Nile green" hue—a shade characteristic of late 19th-century production.

It features an ovoid body resting on a pedestal base, with a slender neck topped by its original blown-glass stopper, which is embellished with a gadrooned design.

A solid glass handle, applied while hot, is attached to the side.

The polychrome figurative decoration is entirely hand-painted using raised enamels, depicting three children playing a game of battledore and shuttlecock—a precursor to modern-day badminton. Based on its style and technique, the piece can be attributed to the Verreries de Saint-Denis, founded by François-Théodore Legras. The theme of children, rendered in thick, dense enamels, draws direct inspiration from the European "Mary Gregory" style—widespread in Bohemia and France toward the end of the Victorian era—yet here it is reinterpreted through the vibrant color palette and relief work characteristic of the output from the Legras glassworks in La Plaine Saint-Denis. The use of raised enamels provided a pleasing tactile quality while also serving to conceal the natural imperfections inherent in the blown glass of that period. During this time, the Legras glassworks produced a renowned series of bottles and flasks decorated with various figures, which typically bear no signature.

The piece is in excellent overall condition: the glass is free of cracks or significant chips, and the polychrome enamel decoration remains perfectly preserved, with its exquisite relief details entirely intact.