Art Deco Scailmont Glass Vase attributed to Charles Catteau, Belgium, 1930s

Scailmont Art Deco Glass Vase, Belgium, circa 1930 Verreries de Scailmont, made by Charles Catteau (1880-1966), circa 1930. Mold blown, acid satin finish Art Deco vase. The Scailmont factory was founded in 1901 by HR Hirsch in Manage. In 1908, Hirsch was replaced by Georges Sacré as the company's new director. In 1924 he approached Henri Heemskerk to become chief designer of the Scailmont glass factory, a job which Heemskerk gladly accepted. Heemskerk worked at Scailmont from 1924 to 1951 and made many designs for molded and satined vases with Art Nouveau and Art Deco decorations. The success of Charles Catteau after the Paris Exposition of 1925 led to an increasing popularity of their products and S.A. Almost all art production is clearly marked with the factory name and often also with a designer's mark (eg 'HH' or 'Catteau'). Some products were identified by paper labels. The factory is mainly associated with enameled glass and satin-finish Art Deco style vases. They had a long association with Boch Freres and Val-St-Lambert (and made designs for these companies) and sometimes also marketed their own designs under the name 'Vermont'. In later years they survived and became one of the longest-lived pressed glass manufacturers in Belgium. Many of the designs by both Heemskerk and Catteau contain satin-etched decors, sometimes cut-to-clear and sometimes on pressed glass. Other Scailmont designers and decorators included Henri Martin, Robert Hofman, Léon Lauwerys and Karel Heller. Scailmont Merged with Durobor in 1976 to become 'Hainaut' and then 'Vereno' before finally closing in 2000. The measurement is 22 cm high and 16 cm diagonal. The weight is 1060 gram Shows traces of use, see details in the pictures.