Glass Bowl By André Thuret

Basket -bowl in thick white-yellow glass blown and hot-molded with pliers and iron, signed on the base André Thuret La Marquise de Sévigné. France, circa 1930-50.
Good condition,small scratches on the base.
André Thuret (1898-1965) artist and scientist, is one of the great glassmakers of the twentieth century. It is from 1922-24 that he made research for the glass industry and created in parallel magnificent artistic pieces. He exhibited from the 1930s to the 1960's in numerous exhibitions in France and abroad.
Dimensions:-height:7.48in,width &depth:8.7in
. The Royat chocolate manufacture bought in 1892 by Mr. and Mrs. Rouzaud became in 1898 "the Marquise de Sévigné". Meeting success by selling quality chocolates, the house opened eleven stores in France including two in Paris in 1906. Ms. Rouzaud asks, then, to various workshops and creators to create cases to present the chocolates of the house. This bowl by Thuret is one of the most beautiful pieces used to present the chocolates "Marquise de Sévigné".