Milestones and work
The first pattern with Erard’s design number (E 404) is pattern 9573, book 09, dated 25/02/1885. This was a Ruby Clareteen jug, cut for mounting, richly gilt and enamelled in the Japanese style.
This bowl with a similar type of decoration is held by the White House Cone Museum of Glass, it is signed Erard.
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