Lidded bowl with crystal inclusions, ca. 1882–1885

DesignÉmile Gallé, Nancy 1846–1904 Nancy

ExecutionBurgun, Schverer & Co., 1704–1969

Distributed byGallé (Maison), 1846–1936

Clear glass, inclusions, mould blown, etched, gilt, cut and engraved

(H x Ø)14,5 × 14,1 cm

Place of originMeisenthal

Status

not on display

About the workThis lidded bowl creates the impression that it is an Asian vessel studded with gold settings for precious stones. Depending on the way the light falls, it can make the gilding shine or the small ruby red glass crystals glow. The spiral cut lends these inlays a naturalistic element, as if they were fossils. The glass artist Émile Gallé used traditional glass decoration techniques to experiment with contemporary understandings of art, nature and otherness.

AccessionGift of Helmut Hentrich, 1972

Inventory numberP 1972-144 a,b

Art Nouveau
Historicism

Contact

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