V0116

Drunken man with a bottle looking at a man wearing a hat

Ref Num.: V0116

Date: 1917-1924

Typology: Enamelled glass

Technique: Enamelled glass

Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.8 x 5.3 cm

Signed: Unsigned and undated

“Mexico City, Crespo family collection; Barcelona, Col·lecció Ramon Borràs”

Glass featuring the drawing used to illustrate the masthead of the page dedicated to the wines of “Bordeaux”, on the wine list for the basement café, El Celler, at the Galeries Laietanes. Another example has been found in the Ramon Borràs collection in Barcelona (signed and numbered with sanguine grisaille: “Nogués p. / 10 5 / Crespo f.” It has an old label with the price (23 pesetas) and year: “1924”. Unfortunately, this old black and white photograph is the only surviving record of the glass. Image rights: Dani Rovira.

Cèlia Crespo collection

Cecília Vidal i Maynou, Xavier Nogués i els vidres esmaltats al foc, doctoral thesis, Barcelona University, Barcelona, 1989, p. 351.

Ricard Crespo.