In recent years, especially works by Emile Gallé, which were created during his lifetime, have become increasingly popular with collectors. Due to the specialization of our auction house on the French glass and the confidence gained by private collectors, we can now offer for the first time an exceptionally high number of works from the early period of the Gallé manufactory.

Over 40 items, created before the artist's death in 1904, represent Emile Gallé's artistic oeuvre and technical diversity in a unique way. The works come mainly from four high-caliber German and Austrian private collections, assembled with special expertise over decades. One finds marqueteries, intercallaire vases, vases with patina and patinage, cut or enameled decorations as well as applications.

The great competitor of the Gallé manufactory was the Daum brothers, who were also based in Nancy in Lorraine and, unlike Gallé, still are today. In keeping with the season, the auction features a number of glass vases with spring flowers. There is a particular variety in the vases with dandelions.

The Art Deco period glass section is also populated with some rare works. Led by a mushroom-shaped table lamp by Parisian pâte-de-verre artist Gabriel Argy-Rousseau 'Fruits Tropiceaux', estimated at € 39,000 - 45,000.

The rarities of the auction also include two small, special collections of glassware from other French and German manufacturers rarely found on the market. First, we can offer a 15-piece collection of works by glass artist Amédée de Caranza. The Italian private collector has collected the works over the course of decades. The highlight is a nearly 40 cm high vase in the shape of a spindle with stylized lustrated flowers.

A German private collector has managed to acquire what is probably the most important collection of glass works with lustrated and also engraved decorations from Poschinger. The 16 vases in this collection were acquired over decades and there are many works that were designed by the painter Karl Schmoll von Eisenwerth - some of them were shown at the Paris World Exhibition of 1900. Estimates start at € 400 - 600, with the highest estimate at € 2,500 - 3,500 for an intricately cut vase with a motif of a pond landscape with fish in green and blue.

The nearly 50 vases from the house of Lalique are led by the opalescent vase 'Poissons' from 1921 - it is estimated at € 5.000 - 6.000. The opalescent vase with budgerigars 'Huits Perruches' is also a sought-after classic and is estimated at € 4.200 - 5.200.

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