Émile GALLÉ (1846–1904). A tin-glazed earthenware plate from the “Fables

Émile GALLÉ (1846–1904). A tin-glazed earthenware plate from the “Fables de La Fontaine” service, produced in Saint-Clément in the 1870s–1880s, with a polychrome enamel decoration featuring two umbrellas and a cat, accompanied by a quote from Jean de La Fontaine: “By the bank of a clear stream, a dove was drinking” (Book II, Fable 12). Enameled painted signature on the reverse: E. Gallé Nancy. Diameter: 24.5 cm. Bibliography: La Société des Amis de la Bibliothèque et du musée

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