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

Vase

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

CultureFrench

MediumGlass | Cameo

DimensionsOverall: 18 in. (45.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

InscribedSigned relief lower side: "Galle"

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.5536

Not on view

DescriptionCameo and intaglio. Fat milk bottle shape with appropriate neck and rim; scenic, pond with lilies, pads, ferns and foreground tall iris with two blooms and one bud. Semi-opaque, then rather robin's egg blue (blossoms) then green, then brown; top third cased with pale yellow for background; pond lilies are cut through to opaque; water green; fern and leaves brown. Stained by roof leak in 1984; cleaned off by Fay Casper. Similar design to GEFG.65.37.