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62 - Emile GALLE (1846–1904) “To love wine, beauty and the divine…
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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Emile GALLE (1846–1904) “To love wine, beauty and the divine spring – that is enough; the rest is futile” Circa 1900 A bottle and stopper in amber-tinted glass, with a slightly flattened body and a fluted shoulder flanked by two hot-applied, pinched side friezes, decorated with polychrome hard-enamel floral motifs, figures tasting wine and the vase’s title phrase (taken from a poem by Théodore de Banville). Signed “E. Gallé Nancy”. H: 24 cm “To love wine, beauty, and spring—that is enough; the rest is vain.” An amber-tinted glass bottle and its lid designed by Émile Gallé around 1900, with a polychromatic enamelled decoration featuring floral patterns, figures tasting wine and the vase’s title phrase (taken from a poem by Théodore de Banville). Signed “E.Gallé Nancy”. H: 9.45 inches
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About the sale The P. Olland Collection, Museum of Enamels and Art Glass (Part I)
Auction location
Auction time 09/18/2026 at 2:00 PM
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