Large Art Nouveau Vase with Hydrangea Decor by Émile Gallé, France, 1906s

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Tall rod vase with a slender, straight neck with a flat, bulbous body in the flush standing area, colorless glass … Read more Tall rod vase with a slender, straight neck with a flat, bulbous body in the flush standing area, colorless glass with yellow and reddish colored powder inclusions, overlay in moss green and violet, in various stages highly etched hydrangea decoration, matt surfaces. Cameo signature 'Gallé' on the wall in the lower area between the leaves. 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: 1906/14 Dimensions: Height: 43.7 cm / 17.20 in Diameter: 16.0 cm / 6.29 in Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 3666 on page 176. Condition: very good. This piece has an attribution mark,
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