Vase with floral decoration on the bronze base
Vase with floral decoration on the bronze base
France, Nancy/Paris
Late 19th century
L'Escalier de Cristal, Gallé Émile manufactory
Smoky glass, bronze; polychrome enamel, gold painting, blowing, painting with colored enamels
26 cm, rim diameter: 18.5 cm, base (mount): 3 x 15 x 14.5 cm
Engraved mark on the bottom: “Escalier de Cristal // Paris” and mark in black paint: “Emile Gallé // de Nancy // Compo // E ‡ G [with a Cross of Lorraine] déposé”
Baluster-shaped vase made of smoky-amber transparent glass with flaring wavy rim that smoothly flows into the rounded body. The vase is mounted on a massive gilt-bronze base decorated with relief floral pattern featuring motifs of scrolls and rocaille. The glass surface of the item is decorated with vertical stripes, geometric patterns, and stylized floral motifs in the form of buds and curved stems, executed in colored enamel painting with gilding.
2294MC253/ДПИ