DECORATIVE ARTS
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Émile Gallé (French, 1846–1904), Papillon (Butterfly), c. 1900, glass, 15" x 4½". Gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, 1951.07.169.
![Seraphin Soudbinine (French [born Russia], 1870–1944), Untitled, c. 1920s, glazed ceramic with wooden base, 16" x 11¼" x 4". Gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, 1951.07.286.](Decorative_Arts/soudbinine_untitled/soudbinine_duckVase_tn.jpg "Seraphin Soudbinine (French [born Russia], 1870–1944), Untitled")
Seraphin Soudbinine (French [born Russia], 1870–1944), Untitled, c. 1920s, glazed ceramic with wooden base, 16" x 11¼" x 4". Gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, 1951.07.286.
![Seraphin Soudbinine (French [born Russia], 1870–1944), Untitled, c. 1920s, glazed ceramic with wooden base, 16" x 11¼" x 4". Gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, 1951.07.286.](Decorative_Arts/soudbinine_untitled/soudbinine_untitled_tn.jpg "Seraphin Soudbinine (French [born Russia], 1870–1944), Untitled")
Seraphin Soudbinine (French [born Russia], 1870–1944), Untitled, c. 1920s, glazed ceramic with wooden base, 16" x 11¼" x 4". Gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, 1951.07.286.