Rare Val St Lambert Large Cranberry Rub Cut2Clear Crystal Vase Signed 12

  

Heavy and large Val Saint Lambert vase attribute to Charles Graffart. Beautiful signed Val Saint Lambert circular crystal vase, handcut-to-clear, the glass is thick, deeply and evenly cut, star shape at base. Signed -Val Lambert-, circa 1950s.

UNIQUE unable to find other like this one. 12" tall x 7" diameter widest point (3/8 crystal thickness).

Weight: 4.53 kg 10 Lbs. Do not appear in the factory catalogues. In Belgium the Val-Saint-Lambert factory was an important producer of heavily cut crystal throughout the period.

It is also associated with layered work and was particularly prominent with original work of this nature around. Later Charles Graffart designed for it wares made in a variety of techniques, some of them with engraved decoration.