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RENE LALIQUE – “MONNAIE DU PAPE” CHALICE, 1904

“MONNAIE DU PAPE” CHALICE, 1904

Lost-wax cast glass
Signed on the base in intaglio: R. Lalique and dated 1904
Unique piece
Height: 19 cm

A model of the same shape, decorated with a design of anemones, is in the collection of the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, inventory no. 1264

This piece was not referenced in the first three editions of the Catalogue Raisonné by Félix Marcilhac. It was subsequently listed under CP2bis (with the description published under CP3quater wrongly attributed to a third party)

Provenance
Formerly in the collection of one of René Lalique's collaborators

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EMILE GALLE – DECORATIVE VASE, CIRCA 1878-1884

DECORATIVE VASE, CIRCA 1878-1884
Smoked glass, decorated with an historicising design engraved in intaglio and highlighted with gilding, the two rings decorated with polychrome opaque enamels
Bearing two inscriptions engraved around the rim: T Weilvaren” and “Van de Negoothie
Unsigned
Height: 23.5 cm – Diameter: 11 cm.
The subject chosen by Gallé is Mercury and Neptune watching over the fate of a rich ship, while the inscriptions may be translated as “twelve years of trade”
A related model is currently held in the collections of the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris (inv. no. OAO 999)

Bibliography
Françoise Thérèse Charpentier & Philippe Thiébaut, Gallé, exhibition catalogue, Musée du Luxembourg, 29 November 1985 to 2 February 1986, Éditions RMN, 1985; a similar model is ill. p. 162

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EMILE GALLE – FAN SHAPED VIDE-POCHE DISH, 1874

FAN SHAPED VIDE-POCHE DISH, 1874
In smoked glass, enamelled with a painted decoration in blackish-brown and polychrome enamels, with intertwined foliage and a central hunting scene depicting hunters, a dog and game
Signed E. Gallé and dated 1874
30 × 33.5 cm.