French Art Glass

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Eighteenth century France was not producing much in the way of tableware or decorative glass. A glass maker by the name of T. J. Broccard led the way for France with especially enameled and colored glass, and the sixteenth century German goblets. Following Broccard were three artists: E. Rousseau Galle, Leveille, and Rousseau, that more or less set France on the road to making wonderful artistic glass piece's. Their presence has extended beyond his origins to art crystal, glass figurines, glass gifts, paperweights, Decorated glass, vases, dishes, bowls, artistic glass, candlesticks, candle holders, oil lamps, decorative glass, cake plates, tumblers, glass shades, pitchers,carafes, decanters, ice buckets, bowls, gift ideas, jewelry boxes, business card holders, glass pumpkins, garden floats, glass floats, ashtrays, baskets, powder jar, temple jar, water cooler,and washing pot and hand blown glass. Rousseau was noted for his use of opaque ornaments on transparent colored glass. Leveille centered around his furtherance of the traditions, and ideas of Rousseau; and the great master Emile Galle will always be remembered for his ceaseless experimentation and adaptation of art principles to glass.