Spotting real & fake glass with expert Tiny Esveld

The secrets of French glass making finally revealed. A practical guide exposes deception and falsification.

Tiny Esveld, an antique dealer, has written a practical guide book called Glass made Transparent about art glass produced by the great French glass artists Gallé, Daum and Schneider. The main objective of the book is to give a professional insight into the technique and production of these beautiful and exceptional pieces in otrder to protect lovers, connoisseurs and collectors from making a mistake. The world of glass is unfortunately full of deception. The pitfalls accompanying a purchase can be plentiful but however fraudulent or deceitful Esveld reveals all in Glass made Transparent, the first revealing publication of its kind. The book is a beautifully designed guidebook rich in illustration with excellent practical guidelines. French glass no longer maintains any secrets. Glass made Transparent is published in the English language with a resume in French, Dutch and Spanish and is also available as an e-book publication.

Two original Daum vases,	made in 1900 in France, the right one cut at the bottom.

Glass Made Transparent guides the reader in eight chapters through the world of the great French glass artists Gallé, Daum and Schneider of the period 1890 – 1930. Esveld not only describes the beauty and artistry of their glass art but also reveals the technical side of their creations in great detail. This book helps to detect a genuine example from a falsification, a flawless piece from a damaged one and it trains the eye for any cut glass or combinations of pieces put together. It educates the reader to develop a feeling for the perfect style and shape, to learn to look sharply at the decoration, colour, finish and signature of its maker. It also points out all the applied tricks of the trade of the past and present day in order to deceive the unsuspecting buyer. Only the flawless pieces remain expensive and maintain their value. All the others bought at one’s own risk, either at auctions or on e-bay are always paid over the top.

Emile Gallé signatures	Fake Galle signature on fake vase

Tiny Esveld is an antique dealer-glass expert and the owner of her gallery Tiny Esveld in Rijkevorsel. The gallery is specialized in French art nouveau and art deco glass and furniture, such as Gallé, of the early twentieth century. She has written and published Glass made Transparent in the hope that the lively trade in old and new falsifications or of altered incomplete pieces which are sold as perfect, will somehow decline. To the lover and collector however she wishes foremost to indicate in an instructive and practical guidebook what to look for when purchasing a piece of French glass by Daum, Galle or Schneider.

Lamp foot , which could be sold as vase	Fake le verre francais vase

Available at a general bookshop or by order at:
Gallery Tiny Esveld
Oostmalsesteenweg 295
2310 Rijkevorsel, Belgium
Telephone: +32 3 312 5 190
Email: info@tinyesveld.com
www.tinyesveld.com

Comments

• MrDesesseintes (2011-02-15) Report to moderator Merci pour ce livre et cette vidéo très interêssante....Il y a des faux , des transformations , réparations, mariages de plusieurs piéces ,éclairage en particulier... Merci pour ce livre et cette vidéo très interêssante....Il y a des faux , des transformations , réparations, mariages de plusieurs piéces ,éclairage en particulier...
• Daboosha NY (2011-02-01) Report to moderator I am glad to find someone talking about fakes! There are so many on the market and all the dealers seem to avoid the subject. But this is a risky business. Talking about fakes means that the market is polluted, so buyers might be more suspicious and buy less. The good point is that the person who reports such a fact might be seen as a honest dealer. Nice move Tiny and good luck with your book ;) I am glad to find someone talking about fakes! There are so many on the market and all the dealers seem to avoid the subject. But this is a risky business. Talking about fakes means that the market is polluted, so buyers might be more suspicious and buy less. The good point is that the person who reports such a fact might be seen as a honest dealer. Nice move Tiny and good luck with your book ;)
• Boris Van Nieckle (2011-02-01) Report to moderator Dans le marché de l'art il est dit qu'une œuvre d'art est "transformée" lorsque le pourcentage de restauration est supérieur à 30%. Mais à quoi cela correspond?! Une commode dont toute la marqueterie est refaite à en proportion moins de 30% restaurés et pourtant c'est plus de 90% de ce que voit l'œil! Idem pour les verres art nouveau dont il est ici question, si Esveld considère qu'une œuvre légèrement raccourcie est totalement dénaturée, alors il faut entièrement revoir ce principe des 30%. Dans le marché de l'art il est dit qu'une œuvre d'art est "transformée" lorsque le pourcentage de restauration est supérieur à 30%. Mais à quoi cela correspond?! Une commode dont toute la marqueterie est refaite à en proportion moins de 30% restaurés et pourtant c'est plus de 90% de ce que voit l'œil! Idem pour les verres art nouveau dont il est ici question, si Esveld considère qu'une œuvre légèrement raccourcie est totalement dénaturée, alors il faut entièrement revoir ce principe des 30%.
• Tiny Esveld (2011-01-31) Report to moderator We are not talking of "cleaning" or "slightly repolishing" here. These vases have been mutilated. It is like when you take a big corner out of a painting or a table with all the legs missing. The shape of the vase has been altered and it's not original anymore. We are not talking of "cleaning" or "slightly repolishing" here. These vases have been mutilated. It is like when you take a big corner out of a painting or a table with all the legs missing. The shape of the vase has been altered and it's not original anymore.
• Limoo (2011-01-31) Report to moderator Almost all piece of furniture and a large number of paintings have already been restored or "cleaned". These pieces are still very expensive and have a value on the market. So I don't understand why a glass would loose all of his value since it has been repolished or slightly restored? Almost all piece of furniture and a large number of paintings have already been restored or "cleaned". These pieces are still very expensive and have a value on the market. So I don't understand why a glass would loose all of his value since it has been repolished or slightly restored?

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