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This vase exemplifies the short-lived art glass line developed by Victor Durand Jr. for his Vineland Flint Glass Works in southern New Jersey. A Frenchman, Durand was a third-generation of glassworkers trained at the Cristalleries de Baccarat.
In 1924, having learned new techniques and formulas from workers at Brooklyn’s Quezal factory, Victor Durand added art glass to his predominantly commercial output at Vineland Flint Glass Works. He produced simple shapes with iridescent, Art Nouveau–inspired decoration, such as this vase.
2 mar 2017 · Manufactured for a relatively short time, Durand art glass was introduced into the market nearly a quarter of a century later and can be seen as America’s last hoorah in the realm of rich and lustrous hand blown iridescent art glass.
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30 wrz 2024 · Victor Durand, Jr., and Martin Bach, Jr., who inherited the Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company’s formulas from his father, formed the Durand Art Glass Shop, as a division within Vineland Flint Glass Works in 1924. The Durand Art Glass Shop was referred to as the “fancy” shop within the company.
Durand Art Glass was a serious competitor to the likes of Steuben Glass and Tiffany during the hey days of iridescent glass. Victor Durand, Jr. was born in Baccarat , France in 1870 to a family of glassmakers, his father and grandfather.
Victor Durand was born in 1870 and came to America in 1884. He started to work in glass and eventually owned his own glass factory. Durand started the Artistic Glass Division in 1924 and began to porduce world famous artistic glass.
