vase
Object NameVase
Maker
Émile Gallé
(French, 1846 - 1904)
Made FromGlass
Date1885-1900
Place MadeFrance, Nancy
Techniquefree-blown, cut, cased, acid-etched
SizeH: 20 cm; D (rim max.): 7.9 cm, (body max.): 14 cm, (base): 6.5 cm
Accession Number54.3.36
Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent and opaque colorless, red and blackish-red glass with bubbles; few wear marks; free-blown, cut, cased and acid- etched. Flattened ovoid body, with flat base and small pontil mark, very short flaring rim; red flower pattern with cut design on colorless "frosted" background, on the base a starlike motif and the word: "depose"; signed at bottom: "Galle".Provenance
Source
Ellen D. Sharpe
- 1954
about 300-50 BCE
1600-1699
probably 1850-1900
200-399
1850-1910
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