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Small Chalice with Stopped Cover

Emile Gallé (French, 1846–1904)
French (Nancy)
dated 1894
Object Place: Europe, France

Medium/Technique Glass
Dimensions 13.65 cm (5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Arthur B. Nichols, in memory of Dorothy Nichols, his daughter
Accession Number64.1995a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsGlass

DescriptionSmall chalice with stoppered cover. Glass, with shades of green, blue and brown and inclusions of silver-colored metal and reddish metal. Exterior of body carved with vine leaves. Finial of cover is carved in orientalizing budded form. Repaired halfway up stem.
Signed Underside of foot carved with vine leaves and tendrils, and scratched, "Emile Gallé fecit 1894."