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"Marine" Bowl

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

Designer Émile Gallé (French, 1846-1904)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1889-1895

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Base: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)

InscribedMarked in relief vertically down side: "Galle"

Credit LineJoan Foy French Collection

Object number71.6529

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DescriptionVase; bowl shape, depicting sea life with applied projecting glass shellfish -- a clamshell, a star fish, a razor clam, and a snail-like shell. Cameo design of deep red seaweed against an inner layer of metallic flakes and dark streaks.

Label Text"MARINE" BOWL Cristallerie d'Emile Galle, Nancy, France Ca. 1889-1895 Blown cased glass with metallic inclusions, applied "sea-life"; acid-etched, cut, engraved. Mark: in relief vertically on side Galle Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6529Published ReferencesA CONCISE HISTORY OF GLASS REPRESENTED IN THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM GLASS COLLECTION, Nancy O. Merrill, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1989.