Vase with Pine Branches and Moth

Object Name: 
Vase with Pine Branches and Moth

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Object Name: 
Vase with Pine Branches and Moth
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Nancy
Accession Number: 
85.3.11
Dimensions: 
H: 18.4 cm, D (max.): 12.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1900
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Primary Description: 
Colorless and amber glass; blown, cased, acid-etched, cut, and engraved. Colorless glass encased with amber glass, with amber and green inclusions, carved with pine cone and branch, butterfly; ovoid shape, short cylindrical neck, signed above base: "Galle" [script].

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Taylor, Magda, Former Collection
Nagy, Klara Lukats, Source
1985-01-15
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
1985-01-15
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Source
1985-01-15
Category: 
Modern
Color: 
colorless
amber
Technique: 
glassblowing
cased glass
acid-etching
cutting
engraving
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
Galle
signature
: 
above base

Publications (1)

Emīru gare no garasu: ketteiban; エミール・ガレのガラス : 決定版 / 山根郁信編 (2019) illustrated, p. 63 (right);