Animal Sculpture - Opalescent Molded Pressed Glass - Charles Graffart - Period: Art Deco

A rare Art Deco animal sculpture in opalescent moulded pressed glass depicting a heron, a bird that evokes a certain poise, assurance and serenity.
This magnificent piece was conceived and created by the designer Charles Graffart.

Period: Art Deco
Circa: 1935
Dimensions: Height: 12cm x Length: 8.5cm x Width: 8.5cm
Base thickness : 3cm
 
Charles Graffart was a versatile Belgian artist born in 1863. 
He is credited with a wide range of artistic works, including paintings, prints, sculpture, watercolour drawings and objects.

He worked with Val-Saint-Lambert in the early 1930s, when it launched a range of moulded glassware, the Luxval range, in a bid to compete with Czechoslovakia which, after the Wall Street crash of the early 1930s, was beginning to invade the market with more democratic items with great success.

The work is similar to that of various French editions such as Sabino, Verlys and René Lalique...