GALLÉ, Émile
(b. 1846, Nancy, d. 1904, Nancy)

Vase with lilies and daises

1896
Multi-layered blown crystal, 35 x 16 cm
Petit Palais, Paris

This is a study for a vase commissioned by Countess Henri Greffulhe as a wedding gift for Princess Marguerite de Chartres, hence the decoration of daisies ("marguerites" in French). The vase is inscribed with a quatrain by French poet Robert de Montesquiou, cousin to the countess.

The multi-layered blown crystal has inclusions of glass and gold dust, cabochons and handles added on and fused.




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