Tulips are beautiful flowers which look beautiful in cameos and cameo glass. They were at the height of fashion during the Art Nouveau era and glass makers such as Galle and Tiffany incorporated them into some of their glassware items.
Below are some examples and price guides of cameo glass items depicting tulips including a Galle vase and a Tiffany Studios vase.
Gallé
Large tulip vase, 1920-1936
Cameo glass.
51cm high
Signed in cameo Gallé.
Sold for £3,187.50 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2022
An Art Nouveau antique style table lamp, produced in the style of Emile Galle. Matte cameo glass in light green, yellow, and white with tulip flower relief. Bears raised pseudo makers mark on shade.
Sold for US$275 at Hill Auction Gallery in 2023
Tiffany Studios
Cameo vase with tulip petals
USA, c. 1906
hand-blown and wheel-carved Favrile glass
4.75 h x 3.75 dia in (12 x 10 cm)
Etched signature and number to underside ‘L.C. Tiffany – Favrile 4194 A’.
Sold for US$3,800 at Rago Arts and Auction Center in 2023
Daum Nancy textured yellow to orange mottled glass decorated with gilt highlighted stemmed red tulips, signed Daum Nancy, 5 1/2″ ht.
Sold for US$1,900 at Jaremos in 2022
Emile Galle
(French, 1846€“1904)
Tulip Vase, c. 1920-30s
acid-etched cameo glass
signed in cameo
H 17 3/4 x Diameter 5 inches.
Sold for US$1,100 at Hindman in 2022
