Bidspirit auction | Gallé-style Art Nouveau Cameo Glass

Gallé-style Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Owl Motif Dome Lamp Shade - A Gallé -style French Art Nouveau-style cameo glass dome shade, likely intended for a pendant light or table lamp. The piece is constructed from multi-layered cased glass, featuring a vibrant mottled yellow and orange ground intended to simulate a sunset sky. The decoration is achieved through acid-etching in relief, presenting a forest scene in a contrasting dark chocolate brown to deep burgundy glass layer. The motifs include a perched owl with wide eyes on a branch and a second owl captured mid-flight carrying prey in its talons, surrounded by detailed beech-style foliage. The shade has a traditional hemi-spherical form with a ground lower rim. The lower portion of the shade features a signature in dark relief script which reads Gallé preceded by a stylized, elongated flourish.