Flask-shaped bottle with a crowned heraldic lion and stopper
Flask-shaped bottle with a crowned heraldic lion and stopper
France, Nancy
The 1880s
Transparent smoky glass; hand-blown glass / hot-shop technique, gold painting, enamel painting
Height: 20 cm, rim diameter: 4.7 cm, base dimensions: 6.7 cm, stopper dimensions: 5×2 cm
Handwritten signature on the base underside: E. GALLÉ // à // Nancy
Transparent smoky glass bottle is fashioned in the shape of a flask and complete with a stopper. One side is decorated with the painted design of a crowned heraldic lion facing left, while the other one features a painted fleur-de-lis (heraldic lily). The sides are accentuated with applied relief decoration. The finial of the stopper is adorned with relief rosette.
9991.1-2MC3390/ДПИ