Large Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Daffodil Decor by Émile Gallé, France, 1904

Description

Baluster-shaped vase body on a slightly flared, flush base with a bulbous, upwardly widening wall, on gently sloping shoulders a … more Baluster-shaped vase body on a slightly flared, flush base with a bulbous, upwardly widening wall, on gently sloping shoulders a constriction to form a short neck piece with a slightly flared rim, colourless glass with flaky white, yellow and yellow-orange coloured powder fusions in the upper area and meadow green in the lower area, overlay in yellow-orange, in various stages highly etched decoration with daffodils in front of a tree landscape, matt etched on the inside and outside, relief partially (blossoms) fire-polished. Cameo signature 'Gallé' with star in the lower section of the wall. Hand-made 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 antiquity; 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. Manufactory: Émile Gallé / Nancy, Lorraine, France Dating: 1904/06 Dimensions: height: 46,0 cm / 18.11 in diameter, largest: 20,0 cm / 7.87 in Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 3651 on page 175. Condition: very good. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
official proof of authenticity,
however it is well documented in design history. I take full responsibility for any authenticity



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