Footed Bowl
Artist
Émile Gallé
(French, 1846-1904)
Manufacturer
Cristallerie d'Émile Gallé
(French, 19th Century)
CultureFrench
Date1892
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
InscribedNear the rim: "Et maintes fois, plein de langueur/Le souvenir y montre au coeur/Sa fleur melancolique et melancolique et bleue/Rollinat" ("How many times a languid/Memory shows the heart/Its blue and melancholy flower.") Engraved on the bottom is a snail shell and: "Emile Gallé/Nancy/1892".
Credit LineGift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Object number71.6647
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a footed bowl of blown glass, with internal coloring of red, gray, and blue glass; metallic flecks and several irregular airtraps; engraved scattered blossoms.Label TextBOWL Cristallerie d'Emile Galle, Nancy, France 1892 Blown glass;engraved. Inscription: on side near rim "Et maintes fois, plein de langeur le souvenir y montre au coeur Sa fleur melancolique et melancolique et bleu" Rollinat (And many times, filled with languish Memory shows to the heart Its melancholic and blue flower) Mark: engraved on bottom with a snail shell Emile Galle/Nancy/1892 Gift: Jean Outland Chrysler Collection 71.6647Exhibition History1984 Corning Museum of Glass Galle Exhibition. Published ReferencesDebora L. Silverman, ART NOUVEAU IN FIN-DE-SIECLE FRANCE: POLITICS, PSYCHOLOGY AND STYLE, (Univ. of California Press: Berkeley, 1989), p. 233, pl. 8 (Color), n.p. Nancy O. Merrill, A CONCISE HISTORY OF GLASS REPRESENTED IN THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM GLASS COLLECTION, (The Chrysler Museum, 1989), #63. William Warmus, "Blue Melancholia Coupe," EMILE GALLE: DREAMS INTO GLASS, (The Corning Museum of Glass: Corning, NY, 1984), pp. 168-171.
Cristallerie d'Émile Gallé
Cristallerie d'Émile Gallé
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