Glass for use and ceremonial use, from the Renaissance to the 19th century. The Mesnil collection at the Museum of Decorative Arts, Hôtel de Lalande, Bordeaux
On the occasion of the exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Bordeaux which took place from December 13, 2013 to March 30, 2014, this question arose: What about the designation "Attribution verre du Sud -West?". (p.134 to 137).A
The Museum of Decorative Arts in Bordeaux has a very fine collection of glass. But where were they made? In the Bordeaux region? An archaeological study of the glasses was necessary to try to find an answer to this question.
Italian glassmakers?
Their presence is attested from 1569 in the parish of Saint-Pierre in Bordeaux (Pierre Diffranx). Then in 1570, Jehan Ballerin moved to Castelnau-de-Cernes in southern Gironde In 1572, Fabiano Salviati was in Prailles in the Deux-Sèvres In 1603, François and Antoine Sarodo are in Bordeaux, Sainte-Croix parish Finally 1604, the latter are joined by Abrano Sarodo
Local glassmakers?
More than eleven glassmakers from the Aquitaine region produce quality glasses, "Venice style": Guilhem Arnault Robert, Guilhem Grenier, Jehan Juilhot, Anthoine Coulomb, Guillaume Grenier...
The glasses present in the Museum of Decorative Arts attributed to a production of the South-West could very well have been made by these glassmakers, nothing invalidates it, nothing confirms it.erriers italiens?
Références : Hébrard-Salivas C., Qu'en est-il de l'appellation "attribution verre du sud-ouest?", In, Verre d'usage et d'apparat, de la Renaissance au XIXe siècle. La collection du Mesnil au musée des Arts décoratifs, hôtel de Lalande, Bordeaux, 2014.
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