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What is a cameo vase?
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A cameo vase is a decorative glass vase that features a design in raised relief achieved by engraving, etching and carving. The earliest examples date back to ancient Roman times, and the decorative objects experienced a revival during the Art Nouveau and Neo-Grec periods. On 1stDibs, find a range of cameo vases.
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Émile Gallé Alpine Glass Vase
By Émile Gallé
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exceptional in both size and artistry, this sand-polished cameo art glass vase from the famed Art Nouveau master Émile Gallé features an exceedingly rare alpine scene. The artist's l...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
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Art Glass
Emile Galle Cameo Glass Banjo Vase Décor Begonias, France, circa 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bochum, NRW
Emile Galle Cameo Glass Banjo Vase Décor Begonias, France, circa 1900.
An excellent French Art Nouveau vase of banjo form, with a deep red flowering landscape etched and acid cut aga...
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Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Glass
Art Nouveau Emile Galle Soliflore Vase 'Anémones of Alpes', France 1900s
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bochum, NRW
Emile Gallé, an Art Nouveau cameo glass vase, Nancy, France, around 1900.
Double-layered glass, violet on a pink background. Decorated with Alps anemones in a cameo. Signed Gallé.
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Antique Early 1900s Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Glass
Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Floral Decoration Cameo Bulb Glass Vase, France 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Emile Gallé, arguably the greatest master of Art Nouveau, was born in Nancy, France, on May 4, 1846 to Charles Gallé and Fanny Reinemer.
This bulb-shaped glass vase with cameo floral...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Art Glass
Pichet Saint Clément canard en majolique Française, design Art Nouveau 19ième
By Émile Gallé, Saint-Clément
Located in AIX-LES-BAINS, FR
Icone de la céramique Francaise. Le pichet canard en barbotine de Saint clément ainsi que tous les autres animaux en barbotine, furent inventés par Charles et Emile Gallé. Charles jo...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Ceramic
émile Gallé, Polylobed Cup In Enameled Glass With Dragonfly Decor, Art Nouveau
By Émile Gallé
Located in NONANCOURT, FR
Rare multi-lobed cup in hot drawn glass with enamelled decoration of vegetation and a dragonfly flying over the branches. Art Nouveau period work signed under the base "Émile Gallé"....
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Vases
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Glass
