Emile Galle Nancy Cameo Vase Blue Rain Decor Wisteria Decor France Um 1904

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. In the 19th century, Émile Gallé further developed this glass art, created Art Nouveau designs and employed a large factory in Nancy. Vase in the form of a baluster: oval stand, wall widening towards the top, forming shoulders and converging into a short, narrow neck. Colorless glass with yellow-orange color powder melting on the inside in the lower and upper area, burgundy overlaid on the outside, floral decoration highly etched in various stages with wisteria flowers and leaves, etched matt on the inside and outside, polished relief.

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