Signed Leune enamelled Art Deco glass Vase by Heiligenstein

Auguste Heiligenstein worked at Daum and was an immensely gifted artist. Some of his finest work features in museums around the world.

From 1923 to 1926, Heiligenstein was Leune’s artistic director. He quickly brought a new brilliance to the name. Heiligenstein drew the designs, and the workers at Leune reproduced them on glass. Now, however, they fired the enamels instead of using cold painting. This technique opened up wonderful possibilities of colour and light – which brings us rather neatly back to the vase. Forget flowers. Its only purpose is to be admired and enjoyed… just as it was when it was bought in the 1920s.

17cms tall.