An early Gallé enamelled glass Bottle and Stopper, the amber glass vessel applied with a twisted handle, finely enamelled in naturalistic tones with a lady bird, a beetle, a flying insect, a dragon's head and a birch spray, base, rim and knopped stopper with red and blue enamelled scalloped design, with white dots, enamelled mark Gallé Nancy, c.1890

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An early Gallé enamelled glass Bottle and Stopper, the amber glass vessel applied with a twisted handle, finely enamelled in naturalistic tones with a lady bird, a beetle, a flying insect, a dragon's head and a birch spray, base, rim and knopped stopper with red and blue enamelled scalloped design, with white dots, enamelled mark Gallé Nancy, c.1890
21cm. high (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Brigitte Klesse/Hans Mayr, Glas vom Jugendstil bis Heute Sammlung Gertrud & Dr. Karl Funke-Kaiser, Cologne 1981, p.209, pl.129

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