ART NOUVEAU CAMEO VASE
WITH UMBULAR DECOR

Large baluster-shaped vase with a large, round stand, conically narrowing to a tubular vase body with a wide beaded ring just below the narrow opening with a flared mouth edge, colorless glass with pink and light blue color powder inclusions, overlay in honey yellow, etched decoration with umbelliferous plants in different levels, matt etched.
Incised signature 'Gallé' with a star in the overlay on the wall near the bottom.


MANUFACTURE:   ÉMILE GALLÉ / NANCY, LORRAINE, FRANCE

DATING:   1904-1906

TECHNOLOGY:   HANDMADE CAMEO GLASS
Glass covered with several layers, in which motifs are worked out in high cut. Since the mid-19th century The shaping was also done by etching. Vessels made of cameo glass were already made in ancient times, and at the end of the 19th century. In the 19th century, Émile Gallé further developed this art of glass, created Art Nouveau designs and employed a large factory in Nancy.

DIMENSIONS:
Height: 56.0 cm
Diameter, largest: 18.0 cm
 

PROOF:
Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon, Stuttgart 1997, signature number 3641 on page 175.

CONDITION:   VERY GOOD
 

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ART NOUVEAU CAMEO VASE
WITH UMBELLIFERS DECORATION

Large baluster-shaped vase with a large, round base, conically narrowing to a tubular vase body with a wide beaded ring just below the narrow opening with a flared mouth rim, colorless glass with pink and light blue colored powder inclusions, overlay in honey yellow, in various stages highly etched decor with umbelliferous plants, matt etched.
Incised signature 'Gallé' with star in the overlay on the wall near the base.


MANUFACTORY:
ÉMILE GALLÉ / NANCY, LORRAINE, FRANCE

DATING:   1904-1906

TECHNIQUE:   HANDMADE CAMEO GLASS
Glass overlaid with several layers, with high-cut worked out motifs. Since the middle of the 19th century, the design has also been done by etching. Cameo glass vessels were already being made in antique; at the end of the 19th century, Émile Gallé further developed this glass art, created Art Nouveau designs and employed a large factory in Nancy.

SIZE:
Height: 22.04 in
Diameter, largest: 7.08 in
 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon ( = Encyclopedia of Glass Marks ), Stuttgart (Germany) 1997, Signature number 3641 on page 175.

CONDITION:   VERY GOOD



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