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

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Large baluster-shaped vase with a large, round base, conically narrowing to a tubular vase body with a wide beaded ring … Read more 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. 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: 56.0 cm / 22.04 in Diameter, largest: 18.0 cm / 7.08 in. Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 3641 on page 175. Condition: very good. This piece has an attribution mark,
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