Antique French Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Soliflore Carnation Vase Emile Galle 1900 Redo Piggyback (1962)

Piggyback (1962)

Behind him on a barrel is a smoking pipe and an extinguished candle in a candle holder

The chest came original from Highclere Castle and had passed through the Fernside family from an ancestor who was in service at Highclere Castle in the late 1800s

This rare & unusual bronze bust was cast by the Lost Wax method (Cire Perdue)

Antique French Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Soliflore Carnation Vase Emile Galle 1900 Redo Piggyback (1962)SOLD A fine antique Art Nouveau cameo glass vase, by mile Gall (1846 1904), circa 1900. The vase of tall tapering form, the rounded body with a yellow translucent ground and overlaid with red glass. The design is of Carnation flowers, some fully open and some yet to open, the vase is intricately carved out with a layered cameo technique, using both tools and acid etching then fire polished to give depth and contrast to the yellow translucent mat