A lustre glazed ceramic wall-light

MANUFACTURED BY EMILE MULLER, CIRCA 1900

Details

A lustre glazed ceramic wall-light
Manufactured by Emile Muller, circa 1900
Female head, her hair bedecked with flowers
20in. (51cm.) high
Signed E.Muller (and illegible artist's signature), stamped Reproduction Interdite, with maker's stamp Emile Muller Paris Ivry and numbered 152b on the reverse

Sale room notice

Please note that the estimate of this lot should read £4,000-6,000 (not £3,000-4,000 as printed in the catalogue).

Lot Essay

Emile Muller headed the ceramic factory at Ivry near Paris from 1854. It specialised in architectural decorative elements for which artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Philippe Wolfers, Charpentier, Falguiere and Albert Besnard (see Lot 136) provided designs.

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