Amalric Walter (1870-1959) large ceramic cache pot w/ iris

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Management number 250665933 Release Date 2026/09/17 List Price US$3,522.00 Model Number 250665933
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A superb, large cachepot decorated with bearded Iris by Victor Amalric Walter (1870-1959).

Victor Amalric Walter (19 May 1870 – 9 November 1959) was a French glassmaker mainly known for his pâte de verre (a glass casting method that translates as glass paste) pieces.

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Born in Sèvres on 19 May 1870, Walter first worked at the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, near Paris, where he decorated and glazed earthenware pieces. He won a bronze award at the National and Colonial Fair of Rouen in 1896 and a gold award at the International Work Faire of Paris in 1901. He was impressed by the pâtes de verre of Albert Damousse and Henri Cros who received the Gold Medal of the 1900 World's Fair.

He then decided to work for the Cristalleries Daum at Nancy, France, from 1904 or 1905, where he stayed until the first World War in 1915. There, he met a designer/modelist, Henri Bergé, with whom he made pâtes de verre always signed Daum Nancy, without his name nor Bergé's name. With his help, he cast around 100 different models, but few of these pieces from this period were preserved. He help decorating the living room of the Maison Losseau in 1911 with 15 pâte de verres representing the Belfry of Thuin and the river Sambre.

After the war, he decided to create his own glass studio at Nancy, rue Claudot. He continued his collaboration with Henri Bergé. From 1919 to 1935 with Bergé and other famous sculptors or designers, he cast not less than 500 models, always in few numbers due to the sophisticated technique of glass kiln casting. It is said that when he was not happy about pieces that came out from the kiln, always in few numbers due to the sophisticated technique of glass kiln casting. It is said that when he was not happy about pieces that came out from the kiln, he used to throw them onto the outside wall of his studio, saying he was a genuine perfectionist. His staff was not numerous (8-10 workers maximum).

Art Deco began to replace Art Nouveau, and arts and crafts production or small business sector became non-competitive due to high manufacturing costs. He then reoriented his production and cast simpler pieces, influenced by Art Deco design. Most of his pieces of the later period involve at most three colors, to reduce costs. After 1935, Walter's workshop closed. He also progressively became blind. He died on 9 November 1959, blind and destitute, at Lury-sur-Arnon where he was visiting a friend.

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Approx. overall 11¾" high x 14¼" diameter externally, 11¾" diameter opening
Approx. overall 30cm high x 36cm diameter externally, 30cm diameter opening


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