Galle Leveille Mellerio French Cameo Art Glass Acid Basket Vase Gilt Enameled

UNSIGNED GALLE, LEVEILLE OR MELLERIO FRENCH ART GLASS BASKET VASE BONBONNIERE ACID GILT ANTIQUE. THIS BEAUTIFUL AND RARE FRENCH ART GLASS BASKET MEASURES APPROX. 7 1/2" HIGH, 7" LONG AND 5 1/2 WIDE. THE BASKET CONSISTS OF SEVERAL INTRICATE, HAND WROUGHT, FEATURES TO INCLUDE.

ONE APPLIED GLASS PRUNT, SET ATOP A SYMMETRICALLY CURVED, CUT, SMOOTH, FLAT, GLASS HANDLE, WITH VERY INTRICATE GILT ENAMELING, ALMOST RESEMBLING A MIDDLE EASTERN DECOR, POPULAR AT THE TIME, (CIRCA 1890'S), AND ONE OF MANY FOCAL POINTS FOR GALLE, LEVEILLE, MELLERIO AND OTHER FRENCH GLASSMAKERS DURING THE JAPONISANTE / JAPONISME MOVEMENT. THE'TWIN' TO THIS BASKET, SIGNED'E. THE DECOR WAS CLEAR WITH MOTTLED INTERIOR, VERY SIMILAR TO LEVEILLE AND MELLERIO DECOR, WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION, DID THEY COPY EACH OTHER OR SHARE BLANKS, AS LOETZ DID WITH MOSER? THE HANDLE IS ATTACHED TO AN OVOID BASKET WITH AN ORNATELY DETAILED FLORAL DESIGN, BY WAY OF ACID. A FEW TINY AIR BUBBLES ARE SEEN AT ONE END OF THE BASKET.

A FAINT GREEN GLOW IS VISIBLE UNDER BLACK LIGHT, CONFIRMING THE PRESENCE OF URANIUM OR MANGANESE OXIDES IN THE GLASS. LITTLE TO NO WEAR ON THE BASE OR THE GILT ENAMEL. SOME GILT LOSS ON PRUNT. NO CHIPS, CRACKS OR DAMAGE.

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