made between 1892 and 1896
French
Crystal, metallic oxide inclusions, silver, gilding
Overall: 13 1/2 × 11 × 6 3/8 in. (34.29 × 27.94 × 16.19 cm)
2021.520
Inscribed (crystal): Emile Galle en sa Cristallerie fecit de Nancy
Marked (silver): symbol (poincon) for partnership of Germain Bapst and Lucien Falize
John and Maria Shugars Fund, Sydney and Frances Lewis Endowment Fund, and Swenson Art Nouveau Fund
EXHIBITED:
Possibly exhibited at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français, Champs-Elysées, Paris, 1896 (Decorative Arts Section);

Harrison, Stephen, Artistic Luxury. Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Ohio (Oct 19, 2008-Jan. 18, 2009); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Feb. 7, 2009-May 31, 2009, rep. p. 110 (full page color ill.)

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