Blue Milk Glass Boys with Baskets Toothpicks. This is an unusual fine pair of rare antique Portieux Blue Milk Glass Boys with Baskets Toothpicks. Each of these Toothpick holders. Is French blue milk glass in beautifully molded form. Is exquisitely modeled as Boys kneeling playing marbles; each wears a hat, pants with suspenders, and has large baskets on their backs. Is a French made antique from the Portieux company. This model was listed in the Verrerries de Portieux Catalogue, 1933, Page 329, Item 7358- Pic-cure-dents Gamin, translated as small boy toothpicks. Dimensions (approximate- each): 3.6 In. Weight (pair): 13.6 Oz. The estimated date is circa 1933. The pair of antique Portieux Blue Milk Glass Boys with Baskets Toothpicks are in very good condition status includes losses and flaws from the making, mold lines, cooling lines, normal wear and rubbing, and fretting. Overall, these items are sound, having no other chips, cracks, or major defects, and having had no other apparent repairs or restorations. Please see all photos which are a part of this description. Please note that this item is photographed in natural light, shadows that may appear as irregularities are not necessarily chips, cracks, or discoloration. Vallerysthal is a glass house with a complicated history. It all really started in 1836, in Lorraine, as Societe des Verreries Reunies de Plaine de Walsch et Vallerysthal, which became Klenglin et Cie in 1855. The mix of Bohemian and French glass workers created interesting opaline and decorative glass, and in 1870, this area became part of Germany. However, most of their sales had been to France, and as they were no longer within the French territory, they found it difficult to export their glass to France. The new name was registered in French and in German, Verreries Reunies de Vallerysthal et Portieux, and Vereingte Glashutten Von Vallerysthal und Portieux. Desire Christian was commissioned to design cameo glass with floral and scenic themes. Sometimes enamel or gilding was added. They produced a lot of unusual lidded animal and bird bowls, such as hens on baskets and standing cockerels. From the end of the Second World War, it had a difficult time. The Vallerysthal factory closed in 1977, reopened in 1986. The Portieux factory joined the French Crystal Company in 1982 but went bankrupt once and then again as Arts from Portieux. It was bought by Groupe Faience Niderviller in 1996. Portieux still makes some hand-blown glass ware and glass using old moulds. Vallerysthal remains a trading name. Please bookmark this work; Listing Category and List Price are subject to change. If you see something wrong in a listing, please send me a message and let me know and I will address the situation accordingly. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Decorative Pottery & Glassware\Figurines”. The seller is “fleurman” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Features: Decorative
- Handmade: No
- Pattern: Portieux Glass
- Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1939
- Production Technique: Moulded Glass
- Item Height: 3.6 In. Tall
- Subject: Toothpick Holder
- Era: Early 20th Century (1911-1940)
- Country/Region of Manufacture: France
- Origin: France
- Material: Glass
- Year Manufactured: 1933
- Model: Portieux Blue Milk Glass Boys with Baskets
- Product Line: Portieux Glass
- Item Weight: 13.6 Oz.
- Production Style: Milk Glass
- Brand: Portieux
- Antique: Yes
- Color: Blue
- Signed: No
- Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
- Theme: Boys
- Type: Figurine
