A FINE OVERLAID, INTERNALLY DECORATED, APPLIED AND WHEEL-CARVED GLASS EWER

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A FINE OVERLAID, INTERNALLY DECORATED, APPLIED AND WHEEL-CARVED GLASS EWER
BY EMILE GALLE

The footed conical vessel with knopped neck and pulled lip, the body internally decorated with streaked putty and moss green, overlaid in white and aubergine, inlaid in moss green, celadon green and teal and finely wheel-carved to depict flowering irises, buds and leaves, applied at neck with wide scrolling handle, engraved gallé--14¼in. (36.2cm.) high

Lot Essay

cf. Ray and Lee Grover, Carved and Decorated European Art Glass, Charles E. Tuttle Co. Publishers, Rutland, Vt., 1970, p. 188, fig. 320. Another less elaborate example was sold at Hapsburg, Feldman, Geneva, June 27, 1988, lot 101.