Large Art Nouveau Cameo Vase with Flower and Leaf Decor by Émile Gallé, France, 1904s

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Tubular vase body with loaf-shaped, flush stand, colorless glass with flaky white and green color powder inclusions, overlay in dark … Read more Tubular vase body with loaf-shaped, flush stand, colorless glass with flaky white and green color powder inclusions, overlay in dark green, in various stages highly etched decor with floral and leaf decoration, etched matt on the inside and background on the outside, relief polished. Cameo signature 'Gallé' with a star 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: 1904/06 Dimensions: Height: 44.0 cm / 17.51 in Diameter, largest: 15.5 cm / 6.10 in Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 3646 on page 175. Condition: very good. This piece has an attribution mark,
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