Pair of Emile Gallé Nancy earthenware candlesticks with lions, Imari decor, 19th century
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Pair of polychrome earthenware candelabra candlesticks enhanced with gilding signed Emille Gallé* Nancy, in the shape of two majestic lions holding in their front paws a castle tower to support the light arms, Japanese-style Imari-type decoration, from around 1880-1890, late 19th century.
These candlesticks are in good overall condition, one candlestick is signed on the base at the back in the decor.
Please note: some chips and missing parts, particularly on the towers (traces of restoration on one tower) and the tip of a lion's tongue, some scratches and wear from time, see photos.
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* The ceramicist Émile GALLE (1846-1904) , son of Charles who had made his fortune in porcelain, arrived at the age of 36 in Raon l'Etape to work in the earthenware factory and turned to the workshops of Mr. Adelphe MÜLLER. He rented two rooms from him to set up on the site of the BAUER Confection building. In 1866, he was the official supplier to the Tuileries Palace. Many prestigious pieces and services came out of the Raon kilns, decorated and then signed "E. Gallé Raon". The GALLE family owned a kiln and a ceramic decoration workshop in Raon until 1898. If earthenware was the origin of Émile Gallé's research, it was in glassmaking that he revealed his genius: marquetry on glass, cameo glass, multi-layer blown glass. GALLE Émile thus contributed, offering gifts to personalities: in 1892, a vase was offered as a present to the wife of President CARNOT then in 1893 on the occasion of the passage of the Russian squadron in Nancy, the Tsar received a Gallé table. The last creations of the MÜLLER earthenware factory date from 1898, shortly before the definitive cessation of production.