A St. Clément faience Desk Tray, the design attributed to Emile Gallé, modelled with a heraldic lion, shield and armour, blue, red and cream decoration with gilt highlights, painted inscription Perhaec Regnum et Imperium, painted marks St. Clément, MG E, c.1870
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A St. Clément faience Desk Tray, the design attributed to Emile Gallé, modelled with a heraldic lion, shield and armour, blue, red and cream decoration with gilt highlights, painted inscription Perhaec Regnum et Imperium, painted marks St. Clément, MG E, c.1870
35.5cm. wide
Lot Essay
Cf. Nancy 1900, Jugendstil in Lothringen, Münchner Stadtmuseum, 28 August 1980 - 6 January 1981, p.182, no.97