# "Crépuscule" \(Dusk\) vase [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WOLFERS, Philippe]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Crystall, glass, flashed, cut, height 31 cm ## Commentary Besides his activities as a jeweller, Wolfers worked as a designer of glassware, principally for Belgium's leading glass manufacturer Val-Saint-Lambert in Seraing-sur-Meuse. The Val-Saint-Lambert works occupied the site of an old Cistercian abbey, and with a daily output of around 160.000 units ranked among the biggest producers in Europe. Most of these were crystal articles, but there were also Art Nouveau flashed-glass products. Wolfers had his glasswork finished by gem cutters in his own workshop, each piece is unique. The Crépuscule vase was executed in the Cristalleries Val-Saint-Lambert. Its body of the glass is embraced by a bat, the creature of twilight, half-mammal, half-bird, with an almost human countenance, a synonym for the vampire. The bat plays an outstanding role in Art Nouveau. The bizarre winged creature is perpetuated in all conceivable materials. ## Related artworks - [Civilisation and Barbarism]() - [Dragonfly \(pendant\)]() - [Fairy with Peacock]() - [Hair Ornament \(Orchids\)]() - [Nikè brooch]() - [Peacock feather \(belt buckle\)]() - [Pendant "Swan"]() - [Planter]() - [Tea and coffee set "Gioconda"]() - ["The Caress of the Swan" vase]() - [The first jewel]() - ["Thistles" vase]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()