Art Deco Smoked Glass Cup By Pierre d'Avesn

Rare smoked glass cup with floral decoration by pierre d'avesn. Art deco period. Has its original wrought iron frame Real name Pierre Girre. Pierre d'Avesn was a pupil of François Decorchement at the School of Decorative Arts. He was hired by Lalique where he remained for 10 years. He worked at Daum between 1930 and 1936 where he developed the production of molded pressed glass in the production department signed Lorrain Nancy. He joined the Verlys company in 1937 in the Hollophane glass department at the Andelys glassworks. After 1945 we find him at the Cristallerie de Choisy le Roi where he reissues old of his models and creates new ones. He remained there until his retirement in 1984. Considered the elite of the last glassmakers of the Art Deco era, he died in Paris at the age of 90.