Covered box
Manufacturer
Cristallerie d'Émile Gallé
(French, 19th Century)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1873
MediumGlass | Gilt | Enamel
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. (7.9 x 14.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. (7.9 x 14.3 cm)
InscribedSigned, gilt script bottom center: "Gallé/à/Nancy". No mark on top.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6433
Not on view
DescriptionCovered box. BOX: Rectangular trunk-like shape which is tooled in narrow vertical panels on four attached round gilded bun-like feet. Clear, enameled with a peasant country scene and landscape on three sides. The back is a floral spray. Scattered around are several various enameled bugs. Stylized floral top border in gilt. Crack at bottom around one front foot and a nick on the front side. COVER/TOP: Curved. Matching, of clear ribbed glass. Enameled with a scene of a peasant man and woman with water buckets and a floral spray and bugs. Crack at rim.Label TextCOVERED BOX Cristallerie d'Emile Galle, Nancy France Ca. 1873 Mold-blown glass with applied feet; cut, enameled, gilded. Mark: in gilt on bottom Galle/a/Nancy Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6433 a & bExhibition HistoryIllustrated on WAVY-TV 6/6/72.
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