Pink platter bowl by Schneider under the Vercais label

Pink platter bowl by Schneider under the Vercais label. art glassDetail acid etched. When the Great Depression hit many producers had to radically re-design their lines to try to survive. Vercais which was short for Verre de Francais was Schneider’s attempt to adjust to the new economic reality. Unfortunately the new company did not last long.
So this is not just an artistic or stylistic progression piece, it also says something about the social and economic changes that still affect us today.