New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Vase

Manufacturer Cristallerie d'Émile Gallé (French, 19th Century)

CultureFrench

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)

InscribedMarked in relief on the bottom entwined in cobeweb with a leaf in the center: "Emile Gallé/en sol Cristallerie à Nancy".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6496

Not on view

DescriptionCameo vase rather goblet shaped, but hollow to a flaring bottom. Pink over clear with fine bubbles. Clear, pink leaf design and cut through with a clear island scene with houses and mountains on the vase center.

Label TextVASE WITH MOUNTAIN LAKE SCENE Christallerie d'Emile Galle, Nancy, France Ca. 1900 Blown cased glass; cut, engraved. Mark: in relief on bottom consisting of a c cobweb entwined with a leaf Emile Galle/en sa Christallerie a Nancy Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6496