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a. * Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). Set of a dish on a pedestal an…
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a. * Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). Set of a dish on a pedestal an…
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Estimate €200 - €1,000
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Description
a. * Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904).
Set of a dish on a pedestal and three plates in tin-glazed earthenware with painted polychrome enamelled decoration of wild flowers for the dish and 2 plates from the floral service, and 1 plate decorated with crossed feathers and a fantastic bird in the centre. Together, these 4 pieces are typical of the Japonism so much appreciated by Émile Gallé, with a bluish background dotted with clouds in gold applied with a sponge.
Enamelled painted signature on reverse, circa 1881.
Diameters: 24 cm and 25.5 cm.
(Wear to the gilding)
The floral service was created in 1881 (P. Thiébault, catalogue of the Gallé exhibition, Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, 1985-86) and produced in Raon-l'Etape in Adolphe Muller's earthenware factory.
The drawings were by Louis Hestaux, head of Gallé's drawing workshop in Nancy.
Plates in the model (floral service) are part of the Musée d'Orsay collections Inventory number: OAO 1336 1.
Bibliography:
- Tiny Esveld, Art signed Gallé, Private edition, 2013: a plate with the model reproduced on p. 33 (for the one with feathers).
- Musée Départemental George De La Tour Vic-Sur-Seille, Émile Gallé: nature & symbolisme, influences du Japon: exhibition catalogue, Edition Serge Domini, 2009 pp. 84 and 85 relating the creation of this model by Louis Hestaux with reproductions of variants of this model (there were 28 variants).
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About the sale
Sale of the Collection of Mr L. & à Divers: Émile GALLÉ earthenware, Majorelle, Saint-Clément, Glassware, Bronzes
Auction location
Auction time
06/10/2026 at 2:00 PM
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