Lot Essay
Along with Victor Hugo, Robert de Montesquiou, Maurice Maeterlink, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore was one of Gall's favourite writers and poets for his 'verreries parlantes' (speaking vases).
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A 'VASE PARLANTE' GLASS VASE
BY GALL, CIRCA 1900
the globular base of square section with slender tapering neck and gently swollen rim, the green glass internally streaked with blue and overlaid in brown, acid-etched and carved with flowerheads and verse 'Bni soit le coin sombre ou s'ioslent nos coeurs, Marceline Valmore', the whole firepolished, moulded mark Gall (slight polishing) -- 31cm. high
See illustration
BY GALL, CIRCA 1900
the globular base of square section with slender tapering neck and gently swollen rim, the green glass internally streaked with blue and overlaid in brown, acid-etched and carved with flowerheads and verse 'Bni soit le coin sombre ou s'ioslent nos coeurs, Marceline Valmore', the whole firepolished, moulded mark Gall (slight polishing) -- 31cm. high
See illustration
Literature
C.f. Alastair Duncan, Georges de Bartha, Glass by Gall, Thames & Hudson, 1984, see page 111 (fig.158) for an example of this vase.