Large Round Art Nouveau Style Gall Cameo Vase with Seascape Decor from Emile Gallé, France, 1905

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Vase in the shape of a drum on an oval, short base, slightly tapering towards the top in depth, at … Read more Vase in the shape of a drum on an oval, short base, slightly tapering towards the top in depth, at the top as an opening an arcuate cutout with a slight beaded edge. Colorless glass with white and orange-yellow colored powder fusions, overlaid in light green and brown on the outside, high-etched seascape decor in different stages, etched matt on the inside and outside, relief-polished. Cameo signature 'Gallé' with a star on the side in the lower half. 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: 23.5 cm / 9.25 in Width: 26.0 cm / 10.23 in Depth: 9.0 cm / 3.54 in Bibliographie: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 3641 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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