Lot 318
Gallé Mould-Blown Cameo Glass Elephants Table Lamp, c.1900
Lot 318 Details
Gallé Mould-Blown Cameo Glass Elephants Table Lamp, c.1900
the ovoid body of mottled lemon yellow glass overlaid with green and etched with a frieze of elephants, trunk to tail, beneath palms and stylized clouds
base drilled, crack
overall height 29.5" — 75 cm.
intaglio signature Gallé
Estimate $2,000-$3,000
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CONDITION DETAILS
Base is drilled (approx. 1 cm at centre); a U-shaped crack runs from the base of the tree (through the signature) to the base edge and back up to just above ground between the legs of second elephant to left (approx. 20 cm between branches of crack, representing less than 1/3 of circumference at that level); associated repair at base rim; glass height 15" — 38 cm.; 29.5"" — 75 cm. overall