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Lot Essay
This vase forms part of a small series of which were inspired by the plant Salicornia Strictia, or Glasswort as it is mor commonly known. The plants stems when burnt create a source of soda.
The key piece in this series titled La Soude was executed for the directors of Usine Solvay, a soda factory in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe in 1903. An example may been found illustrated in: Philippe Thiébaut, Gallé, Exhibition catalogue, Musée Luxembourg, 1985-1986, no, 141.
In addition to attracting patronage from industry, these rare vases also inspired important literature of the time. The swirling trapped white inclusions in the verre églomisé prunts bring to mind the imagery of falling snow flakes when described by seminal writer Marcel Proust. For example in Le Côte de Guermantes, p. 392, proust writes Soon winter, and at the corner of the window pane, as on a piece of glass by Gallé, a hardened streak of snow
The key piece in this series titled La Soude was executed for the directors of Usine Solvay, a soda factory in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe in 1903. An example may been found illustrated in: Philippe Thiébaut, Gallé, Exhibition catalogue, Musée Luxembourg, 1985-1986, no, 141.
In addition to attracting patronage from industry, these rare vases also inspired important literature of the time. The swirling trapped white inclusions in the verre églomisé prunts bring to mind the imagery of falling snow flakes when described by seminal writer Marcel Proust. For example in Le Côte de Guermantes, p. 392, proust writes Soon winter, and at the corner of the window pane, as on a piece of glass by Gallé, a hardened streak of snow