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35 - * Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). A tin-glazed earthenware conch or…
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Estimate €100 - €200
Description
* Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). A tin-glazed earthenware conch or navette bowl on legs with a polychrome enamelled and gilded painted decoration of thistles and bearing the motto: "Qui s'y frotte s'y pique" ("He who rubs it, stings it"). Handwritten enamelled signature on the reverse, E. Gallé à Nancy, circa 1885. D. 13 × 21.5 × 11 cm. (Chipping and wear to the gilding). Motto of Lorraine adopted by the Duke of Lorraine after the defeat of Charles the Bold in 1477; thistles and thorns, emblematic symbols of the homeland dear to Émile Gallé.
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