Gohobi Pate de Verre Deer Glass Paperweight

Embrace the irresistible charm of Gohobi's Pate de Verre Deer shaped Colored Glass Ornament/Paperweight. Exquisite, elegant craftsmanship made of shimmering glass it is an art piece to be treasure. 

Making pate de verre is a slow process requiring a large amount of skilled craftwork. Great skill was needed to avoid bubbles, cloudiness, and cracking during annealing (cooling). Pate de Verre The name Pate de Verre is French for glass paste, and the technique involves creating a paste from powdered glass and coloring agents and filling a fire-proof mold with this paste then firing it in a furnace to melt the glass.

The technique was known in ancient Rome and Egypt, but in the art nouveau period (very early 1900s) it was developed to a very high artistic level by such French artists as Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, Henry and Jean Cros, Albert Dammouse, Francois Decorchemont, Amalric Walter, Emile Galle and Georges Despret. In the USA Frederick Carder made pate de verre and cast glass pieces for Steuben glass.

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