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Primary Description:
Transparent amber, opal glass, iridization; overall reddish and silver-gray appearance; blown, hot-applied and inlaid decorative elements (marquetry), iridized, acid-etched, cut, and engraved. Conical vessel ringed at lip with small stylized pinecone scales and base with life-size pine cone scales applied while hot (lip and base applications stop short of complete encirclement), some carved into free-form shapes; body encircled by large trailed tree branch with additional trailed and marquetry inlaid twigs, needles and a pair of high relief miniature pine cones (one a cluster of glass bits, the other formed by tooling an applied gob of glass while hot), sections of branch and needles then carved in relief with additional engraved details and "ghost" needles; deeply inset foot; overall irregular iridization; slightly concave ground and polished base; inscribed on two pine cone scales at base: "Gallé/1903".
Exhibitions (1)

Emile Gallé: Dreams Into Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1984-04-28 through 1984-10-21
A special exhibition at the Corning Museum of Glass, April 28-October 21, 1984.
Publications (27)
Emīru gare no garasu: ketteiban; エミール・ガレのガラス : 決定版 / 山根郁信編 (2019)
illustrated, p. 96;
My Favorite Thing (2015)
illustrated, back cover;
Seramik ve cam materyallerin sanat objelerinde birlikte kullanim olanaklarinin arastirilmasi (2010)
illustrated, p. 29, #25;
BIB# 120382
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (2006)
illustrated, covers, p. facing t.p., p. 10;
BIB# 96551
The Other Side of the Looking Glass. The Glass Body and Its Metaphors (2003)
illustrated, p. 4;
BIB# 77986
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 144;
BIB# 68214
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999)
illustrated, p. 3;
BIB# 63967
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from the Corning Museum of Glass (1990-01-19)
illustrated, p. 62 (bottom);
BIB# AI23824
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from the Corning Museum (1990-01)
illustrated, p. 23 (bottom right);
BIB# AI24626
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990)
illustrated, pp. 204-205, pl. 94;
BIB# 33819
L'Histoire du Verre: A Travers Les Tresors du Musee de Corning (1990)
illustrated, p. 54; p. 56;