Lot n° 79.1
Estimation :
100 - 300
EUR
* Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904). - Lot 79
* Émile GALLÉ (1846-1904).
Suite of 9 tin-glazed earthenware cream pots and their trays, decorated with blue cameo enamels of Lorraine crosses and thistles.
Handwritten signature painted on reverse, circa 1885.
H. cream pot: 7.5 cm.
D. 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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