DÉSIRÉ CHRISTIAN (1846-1907) IN MEISENTHAL - CHRISTIAN FRÈRES ET FILS Convolvulus, circa 1898-1900 Baluster vase with soliflore neck. Proof in multi-layer blown crystal; the title decoration is acid-etched and treated in green and anise yellow on a gray-white background colored with interlayers - finely reworked with cold chasing and finished with fire polishing. A defect or later revision on the shoulder. Signed and located D. CHRISTIAN Meisenthal LotH. and bears an early label from LA MAISON MODERNE (founded 1899) under the base. H. 20 cm Bibliography and related works Philippe Olland - Verrerie d'Art de Lorraine - Désiré Christian - Éditions Faton, Dijon, 2010. Related works reproduced on pages 126 to 14.