"Champagne Flute Emile Galle"
Emile GALLE Nancy circa 1894 Half-sided champagne flute, on a ribbed bulb base in amber brown glass. Engraved with acid of orchid seedlings in bud, with gold highlights. Signed in gold under the Gallé Nancy foot. Model created around 1894 during the lifetime of Emile Gallé 1846-1904 Height: 14.9 cm. Several models of similar shape in the Ecole de Nancy museum, but without engraved decoration. Bibliography: "Emile Gallé and Glass", the collection of the Museum of the School of Nancy. Somogy Editions d'Art, Museum of the School of Nancy, Paris-Nancy 2004, p. 49.DV