Emile Galle Nancy Cameo Vase Art Nouveau Anemone Height 5 1/8in Um 1903

Glass covered with several layers, in which motifs are worked out in high cut. Since the mid-19th century The shaping was also done by etching.

Vessels made of cameo glass were already made in ancient times, and at the end of the 19th century. At the end of the 19th century, Émile Gallé developed this art of glass further, created Art Nouveau designs and employed a large factory in Nancy. Vase in the form of a flacon: slightly bulged body, tapering towards the top, bulging ring, narrow opening, widening to the flared rim of the mouth. The area close to the floor is completely covered in burgundy red, above the etched decor with wood anemones in front of a milky red-white background.

Glass overlaid with several layers, with high-cut worked out motifs. Since the middle of the 19th c.

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