A 'Coquelicot, blé et avoine' Verrerie Parlante Vase, 1899

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ÉMILE GALLÉ (1846-1906)
A 'Coquelicot, blé et avoine' Verrerie Parlante Vase, 1899
the body of swollen triangular section, overlaid, acid-etched and wheel carved with corn and poppies, upper portion with martelé, the lower fire-polished
7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
engraved Gallé, IX Sept exposit 1899 Exposit 1900, paper label E+G; cameo Le Seigneur fera germer la Justice et l’honneur parmi toutes les nations IS. XL. 20. “...the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations.”

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The quote refers to the Book of Isaiah 61. Gallé adapted the text, as he often would do, from the original sentence: “Ainsi le Seigneur, l’Éternel, fera germer le salut et la louange, En présence de toutes les nations ».

The engraved date 1899 could refer to two exhibitions Gallé participated in that year: the International Exhibition in Saint-Petersburg, Stieglitz Museum, as well as in the Frankfurt Museum.

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