Ewer with insects - Emile GALLE (1846-1904)

A small gadrooned ewer in form of a nautilus
known as "Cristallerie by Gallé",
raised on a foot,
with a pouring spout and its stopper
ornated with insects, stylized flowers and foliage.
Gadrooned smoked glass
decorated with opaque enamels in relief and enhanced with gold

Signed under the vase " E. Gallé déposé "

Those "Cristalleries de Gallé" are part of the former productions by Emile Gallé, now sought after by collectors.

Perfect condition
France
circa 1890-95

height 17 cm
width 13 cm
depth 8,5 cm

Biography :
Émile Gallé (1846-1904) was one of the most outstanding figures of the applied arts of his time and one of the pioneers of Art Nouveau, founder and first president of the School of Nancy in 1901.

After his apprenticeship in the glass trades in Meisenthal, and ceramics at the Saint-Clement Faience Factory, Emile Gallé was associated with his father's business in the manufacture of earthenware and glassware since 1867. He represented his father at the 1867 World Fair in Paris where he obtained an honorable mention for glassware and at the World and International Exhibition from 1872 to Lyon where he won a gold medal in class 33 (porcelain and crystals).

His approach wqs not just theoretical, he did not fear indeed to learn glass-blowing. He added to this a good knowledge of cabinetmaking and especially the family passion for the natural sciences and especially for plants that led to drawing. Gallé was in Nancy the student of Dominique-Alexandre Godron, naturalist and doctor. He carried out studies on plants, animals, insects. He was elected secretary of the Central Horticultural Society of Nancy in 1877.