Cristallerie Emile GALLE (1846-1904) Flat-bottomed vase or bowl in the shape of a conch or shell. Proof in orange and garnet multi-layered glass on a colorless background. Decorated with large acid-etched scrolls or spirals. Signed "Cristallerie de Gallé Nancy" and "Modèle et décor déposés sous la base". Circa 1895-1896. H. 14 cm - W. 15 cm. A few bubbles, material defects and tiny chips. This model and type of decoration were distributed fairly rapidly after the furnaces were installed and opened in Nancy, thus avoiding production in Meisenthal. This design was registered on May 14, 1895 in the album registered with the Nancy industrial tribunal. Influenced by Far Eastern art, Gallé was inspired by objects made in lacquer or oxblood ceramics. Bibliography Gallé, exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 1985- 1986, ed. RMN, page 200, ref.112, similar model in colorless glass in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Boulogne sur mer.