Pot oval couvert (Covered oval pot)

Master of glass paste, François Décorchemont first created decorative art objects at the beginning of the 20th century before moving towards the field of stained glass in the 1930s. However, he never completely stopped his production pots and cups in glass paste, still creating a few models before and after the Second World War and even more often making new examples from old models. Created in 1933, the covered oval pot model was produced in twelve copies until 1969, while its chameleon-shaped lid served as a model for paperweights. This emerald-colored example was made in 1965 and purchased from the artist by the glass art lover Barlach Heuer who deposited it at the Kunstmuseum in Düsseldorf in 1973. Following its withdrawal, Barlach Heur offered it to the Museum of glass of Conches, in the town where he had acquired it forty years previously.