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Goblet

1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Cristallerie De Gallé (manufacturer)
Gallé, Emile (designer)
Place of origin
Nancy (made)

Goblet, France, Lorraine (Nancy), designed by Emile Gallé, for Gallé glassworks, 1884-1900

Object details

Object type
Goblet
Materials and techniques
Painted glass, acid-etched, enamelled and gilded
Glass
Enamel
Gilt
Painted
Gilded
Enamelled
Brief description
Goblet, France, Lorraine (Nancy), designed by Emile Gallé, for Gallé glassworks, 1884-1900
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.4cm
  • Width: 8.9cm
Dimensions converted from the register.
Style
19TH CONT
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Ballades des Dames du Temps Jadis', '1884 1900' (Decoration)
  • Gallé (Signature)
Gallery label
Decorated with the title of a poem by François Villon (b.1431) this goblet is one of several which Gallé made, using Villon's poetry as inspiration. The theme of mediaeval legend was first featured in a Gallé display at the 1884 exhibition of the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs. The two dates on this goblet probably celebrate both the 1884 first showing of the type and the 1900 exhibiton at which this particular piece was displayed.
(1987-2006)
GOBLET

1626-1900

'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'

Inscribed Ballades des Dames du Temps Jadis after the title of a poem by François Villon (born 1431), this goblet is one of a group in which Gallè used this favorite source of inspiration. The theme of mediaeval legend was first featured in a Gallè display at the 1884 exhibition of the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs. The two dates on this goblet probably celebrate both this showing of the type and the turn-of-the-century exhibition at which this particular piece was displayed.
Bibliographic reference
Gros-Gallienr; 19thC Foreign Glass, Bulletin de l'histoire du verre, no.8, 1977-80, figs 65,66,p161
Other number
9432 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1626-1900

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O359/goblet-gallé-emile/
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