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Superb and rare openwork oval planter polylobé collar forming handles coils on feet, decorated in gilt glazed ceramic, floral motifs and a cross and a monogram in cartridges, signed Emile Gallé Nancy and Raon l'Etape * dated July 2, 1891, vintage late nineteenth century.
This planter is in good condition, it is of outstanding quality. It is signed and dated see photos. It has its interior tin.
A note: slight wear the decoration and gilding in places, light soiling, see photos.
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* The ceramic Emile Galle (1846-1904), son of Charles who made his fortune in china, so comes to the age of 36 in Raon l'Etape to work turns to the pottery workshops Adelphe Mr. Müller. He praises him two pieces and moved to the building site BAUER Confection. In 1866, he is the official supplier of the Tuileries. Many parts and services out of the prestigious raonnais ovens, decorated and signed "E. Galle Raon." The GALLE have to Raon, an oven and a workshop setting for ceramics until 1898. If the earthenware is the origin of Emile Galle research, it is in the glass that shattered his genius: inlaid glass, cameo glass, blown glass layers. GALLE Emile and contribution to, offer gifts to individuals: in 1892, a vessel is offered as a present to the wife of President Carnot in 1893 and at the passage of the Russian squadron in Nancy, Czar receives a table Gallé. The latest designs of pottery dates MÜLLER 1898, shortly before the final judgment of manufacture.
