Lot Essay
The motif of two dragonflies in this configuration was employed on an example of faience by Gallé that featured at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle.
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LIBELLULES VASE, CIRCA 1895
Details
EMILE GALLÉ
LIBELLULES VASE, CIRCA 1895
possibly executed at Studio Burgun, Schverer & Co., Meisenthal, glass, acid-etched and enamelled, on later applied gilt-bronze plinth
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
engraved mark Gallé., the bronze engraved ESCALIER DE CRISTAL
LIBELLULES VASE, CIRCA 1895
possibly executed at Studio Burgun, Schverer & Co., Meisenthal, glass, acid-etched and enamelled, on later applied gilt-bronze plinth
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
engraved mark Gallé., the bronze engraved ESCALIER DE CRISTAL
Literature
Helmut Ricke, Eva Schmitt, Art Nouveau Glass, The Gerda Koepff Collection, Munich, 2004, p. 109 (reverse image of dragonflies motif illustrated on vase executed by Burgun, Schverer & Co.)
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