Lot Essay
cf. Alastair Duncan and Georges de Bartha, Glass by Galle, 1984, p. 84, pl. 114 for an example of a similar model with applied and intercalaire decoration, also inscribed 1889. See also Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914 Volume IV: Ceramics & Glass, 1998, p. 40 for a period photograph of a selection of glassware, late 1890s/1900s, that includes the model.