A RARE GALLÉ FLORAL VASE

Description:

Emile Gallé, Nancy, dated 1891
H. 23 cm
Colourless glass with violet, acid etched overlay. Floral pattern with glass drops and coloured inclusions, at the neck relief etched inscription "Les Peux Agrandis des Croses", at the bottom acid etched signatur "Emile Gallé/inv.t et fec.t/Nancy/1891". Minute chip to stand and to one glass drop.
Private Collection, Stuttgart.
Lit. Hilschenz-Mlynek/Ricke, Glas, Historismus Jugendstil Art Déco, Bd. 1, Die Sammlung Hentrich im Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, fig. 198. (the vase there with shortened rim).