A Gallé acid-etched and carved cameo bowl, of organic design the body in the form of the bell of a slipper orchid, clear glass overlaid in yellow with slipper orchids against large undulating leaves, the exterior applied with two curved clear glass trails, mounted on gilt white metal waisted octagonal foot engraved with trailing orchids and foliage, the base etched with an orchid enclosing the mark Crystallerie Émile Gallé à Nancy, the foot stamped A. AUCOC

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A Gallé acid-etched and carved cameo bowl, of organic design the body in the form of the bell of a slipper orchid, clear glass overlaid in yellow with slipper orchids against large undulating leaves, the exterior applied with two curved clear glass trails, mounted on gilt white metal waisted octagonal foot engraved with trailing orchids and foliage, the base etched with an orchid enclosing the mark Crystallerie Émile Gallé à Nancy, the foot stamped A. AUCOC
23.5cm. high

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