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99 - Émile GALLÉ (1846–1904).
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Estimate €40 - €60

Description

Émile GALLÉ (1846–1904). A tin-glazed earthenware plate from the ‘Fables de La Fontaine’ service, produced in Saint-Clément in the 1870s–1880s, with a polychrome enamelled decoration featuring two umbrellas and a cat, accompanied by a quotation from Jean de La Fontaine: ‘By the bank of a clear stream, a dove was drinking’ (Book II, Fable 12). Enamelled painted signature on the reverse: E. Gallé Nancy. Diameter: 24.5 cm. Bibliography: La Société des Amis de la Bibliothèque et du musée de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, *La Faïencerie de Raon-l’Etape*, privately published, 2010: a plate of this design is reproduced on p. 118.

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Auction time 11/06/2026 at 2:00 PM

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99 - Émile GALLÉ (1846–1904). See original version (French)

99 - Émile GALLÉ (1846–1904).
See original version (French)