Keywords: Eugène Rousseau - Vase - Walters 47383.jpg Rousseau was an innovative ceramist and glass designer who played a pivotal role in introducing Japanese motifs into French decorative arts At the 1884 Paris Union Centrale exhibition he first exhibited crackle glass which was created using a 16th-century Venetian technique in which the glass is immersed in cold water between firings The actual production of the glass was carried out by Appert Frères a glass manufactory in the Paris suburb of Clichy ca 1884 layered glass with gold foil inclusions cm 47 accession number 47 383 40378 William T Walters Baltimore prior to 1894 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters from 5 West Mt Vernon Place Acquired by William T Walters Not signed 3000 Years of Glass Treasures from The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1982 place of origin Clichy France Walters Art Museum license Eugène Rousseau Appert Frères Glassware in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Glass vases Crackle glass 1880s art |