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79 - 1 - * Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). Suite of 9 cream pots and their t…
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Estimate €100 - €300
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* Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). Suite of 9 cream pots and their tray in tin-glazed earthenware with blue cameo enamelled decoration of Lorraine crosses and thistles. Handwritten signature painted on the reverse, circa 1885. H. cream pot: 7.5 cm. Tray: 24.5 x 24.5 cm. (Chips, cracks on one cream pot) René II d'Anjou, Duke of Lorraine, adopted the thistle emblem for Lorraine and added the motto: "Ne toquès mi, je poins" which became "Qu'y s'y frotte s'y pique". Bibliography: La Société des Amis de la Bibliothèque et du musée de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, La Faïencerie de Raon-l'Etape, Éditions privées, 2010: a service based on the model (with 12 pots) reproduced on p. 74.
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