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Vintage French wine bottle engraved with “Société Dauphinoise,” lit from within and held upright by a corking device with red lever

Société Dauphinoise en Verre

A French wine bottle, likely hand-blown and dating from the late 19th or early 20th century, is lit from within by a slender LED strip. The bottle is held firmly in place by a vintage corking device, its red lever tilted upward like a frozen gesture. Sandblasted into the green glass is the name “Société Dauphinoise,” a reference to the historic province of Dauphiné—a region that once encompassed what is now the department of Isère, along with Drôme and Hautes-Alpes. Though the name Dauphiné is no longer used in modern administrative geography, its presence here signals both a place and a time. What once marked origin and commerce now becomes part of a composed silhouette—structured, upright, and quietly luminous.

Dimension

22" Height, 6" Width, 8" Depth

Style

Readymade

Components

Hand Operated Bottle Corker, Hand Blown French Bottle

material

Steel, Wood, Glass

Not For Sale

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