Part of a French glass service from the late 19th - early 20 - Lot 257

Part of a French glass service from the late 19th - early 20th century. The decanters with gold marks Damon & Delente/20 Bd Malesherbes/Paris. Of gadrooned form, the flared bowl resting on a knot and a trumpet-shaped foot, with polychrome enamelled decoration of bouquets of flowers, pink fillet on the rim, comprising: 4carafes (two sizes), 12 goblets, 7 water glasses, 15 red wine glasses and 10 white wine glasses. H (carafe): 22 and 23 cm Louis Damon (1860-1947), a great creative artist who had his own decoration workshop, bought "Au Vase Etrusque", 20 boulevard Malesherbes in Paris, in 1887. From 1889, the Daum brothers entrusted him with the finishing of their vases; he also distributed a range of glassware at Vallerysthal, Portieux and Baccarat. Awarded a silver medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle, he joined forces with his brother-in-law Delente. He then signed Damon et Delente. In the 1920s, the store moved to 4, avenue Pierre Ier de Serbie in Paris.