Lot: 495


Decorative plate, 1870s

D. 23.5 cm. Faience, terre de Lorraine, polychrome painting on white tin glaze. Insects and inscription: "Danimaux malfaisans c'estoit Un très bon plat". Marked: Gallé à Nancy (brown, handwritten), St. Clément (blue glaze stamp).

Small chip in the glaze on the edge.

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Hammer Price: 340 €

150B - Art Nouveau - Art Deco
26. May 2020 at 3:00 PM CET

Literature:

Gallé designed a similar motif as early as 1864 for his 'Fables' set, cf. Thiébaut, Les Dessins de Gallé, Paris 1993, S. 65.