cordial glass

Object NameLiqueur Glass

Maker Émile Gallé (French, 1846 - 1904)

Made FromGlass

Date1890

Techniquemold-blown, gilded, enameled

SizeH: 5.8 cm, W(bowl, max): 5.1 cm, (bowl, min): 3.5 cm

Accession Number79.3.859

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France, Nancy

Physical DescriptionTransparent green and translucent blue glasses; white, pale yellow, pink, purplish-brown and pale bluish-green enamels; gilding; body mold-blown, foot formed from separate gather, trail applied to rim; enameled. Liqueur glass: flattened half-ovoid body; oval mouth with plain rounded rim decorated with blue trail and finished at glory hole; wall curves downward and inward to bottom, curve being slight at mid-points of "sides" and more pronounced at "ends"; small dome at center of floor; short stem with collar at top, narrow constriction and splayed bottom; low conical foot, flat on underside. Body decorated with two fan-shaped patterns of mold-blown ribs, one on each side, and with enameled ornament: first side has inscription in pink enamel mottle with purplish-brown, "Angelica"; second side has group of purplish-brown and gilded stems, serrated bluish-green deltoid leaves, and two groups of small white and yellow flowers with tiny petals.
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