French Art Deco Cream, Yellow, and Crimson Jug with Black Handle

French Art deco jade jug in cream, yellow, crimson, with black handle by Charles Schneider. Very good condition. Signed.

The Jade series played a major role in Charles Schneider's Art Deco production. From 1923-1928 he created 348 shapes in so many different hues that it is impossible to make out the number of combinations. In that sense, these pieces can be considered unique, although produced in an industrial setting.

From 1919 on, Charles Schneider kept strictly separated the two brands of his company. The more artistic, varied and inventive one (and closely supervised in every step by the master), signed Schneider, granted him a reputation for innovation while the more economical brand (and more predictable, basically acid-etched cameo glass), signed Le Verre Français, ensured a certain level of sales.

Schneider, after an undeserved oblivion, started, with the Dusseldorf exhibition in 1981, to recover his place among the greatest European glass artists of the twentieth century, as can be seen in numerous exhibitions and museums the world over.