A RARE 'SEAGULL' VASE, CIRCA 1927

The Seagull vase is documented in contemporary newspaper articles. It was commissioned in May 1927 to honor the aviator Marc Bernard, who completed the first flight by seaplane between France and Madagascar, then a French colony, in late 1926. Marc Bernard and his wife were given a tour of the Etablissements Gallé the day after the ceremony where they received the original Seagull vase. The occasion was commemorated with a group photograph of the couple and the senior staff of the factory.
Professor Samuel Provost