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

Pitcher/Vase

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

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1889

MediumMold blown glass | Gilt | Enamel

DimensionsOverall: 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm)

InscribedMarked engraved across the polished pontil: "Cristallerie Emile Gallé Nancy modèle et décor déposés".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6629

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-8, Majorelle Cabinet 71.3188

DescriptionPitcher/vase of mold-blown glass. Folded leaf shape. Enameled a pale amber. Diagonally ribbed with lip flowing up 4 inches. Attached small handle and attached vertical strip from the lip point to meet another strip running diagonally from the handle top to the bottom of the pitcher. Arum lily form. Heavily enameled with fruit, blossoms, leaves and a butterfly. Also, decorated with a gilded rim, handle and strips. Arum Lily flower form.

Label TextPITCHER Cristallerie d'Emile Galle, Nancy, France Ca. 1889 Mold-blown glass with applied handle and "stems"; enameled, gilded. Mark: in enamel on bottom Cristallerie/d'Emile Galle/Nancy and Modele et decor deposes Gift: Jean Outland Chrysler Collection 71.6629Published ReferencesK.M. McClinton, "Documented Galle Glass," APOLLO, April 1985, photograph published, pg. 263. Garner, EMILE GALLE, pp. 101-102, dated before 1889.