Collection Francis Meyer - L'Âme du Verre
Collection Francis Meyer - L'Âme du Verre
Émile Gallé
Et les hyvers toujours nous préparent des fleurs vase, circa 1900
Auction Closed
October 8, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
Lot Details
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ÉMILE GALLÉ
Et les hyvers toujours nous préparent des fleurs vase, circa 1900
Double-layered glass with powder inclusions
Acid-etched and enameled decoration
Engraved inscription Et les hyvers toujours nous préparent des fleurs on the flank
Engraved signature Gallé on the base
H. : 39 cm ; 15 ⅜ in.
Émile Hinzelin, poet and friend of Émile Gallé, uses his quotation Et les hyvers toujours nous préparent des fleurs to call for the return of Alsace and Lorraine to France, annexed to the German Empire after the defeat of 1870.
A symbol of the past and the defeat of the war, winter must now give way to renewal and hope with the arrival of spring.