An Etablissement Gallé 'Grapes' cameo glass vase, French, circa 1910

THE HANS & GETRUD MUELLER COLLECTION, SYDNEY

the tapering cylindrical body with an acid-etched design, on a graduated pale green and white ground, acid-etched 'Gallé'
29 cm high

Provenance

Important Antique Silver and Decorative Arts, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 19 April 1990, lot 513
Mr Hans Mueller and Mrs Gertrud Mueller, Sydney, acquired from the above

Condition Report

Variation in surface and lack of contrasting colour to one half of the top rim indicating probable buffing. Cameo decoration to the body generally in good order, although there is an area of abrasion to the back, beneath one of the sections of vine. Light wear to the lower body and to the underside. Factory mark clear.

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