139 - GALLE - Nancy

GALLE - Nancy "Quetsches" A multi-layered, blown-and-molded glass vase, conical in shape with a round base and a flanged neck. The design features cascading leafy branches laden with fruit, engraved in a glossy reserve technique, in shades of brown and green on a yellow background. Signed "Gallé" in reserve within the design. H: 33 cm (chip on the neck and ground mark on the foot) A "Plums" blown glass vase by Gallé - Nancy with a rich design of finely etched brown-green and blue fruits and leaves on a yellow background. Signed "Gallé" within the design. H: 12.99 inches (chip on the neck and ground at the base) Bibliography: - A. Duncan, G. De Bartha: “Glass of Gallé,” Thames Hudson, London, 1984; a variant color model reproduced on page 198 under number 302. - “Glass of Art Nouveau,” Kitazawa Museum of Art, Mitsumura Suiko Shoin, Japan, 1994; a color variant of this model is reproduced on page 182 under number 223. - “Emile Gallé and Glass: The Collection of the École de Nancy Museum,” Somogy Editions d’Art, Paris, 2004; a variant color model is reproduced on page 197 under number 361.