Golden Gate Park in San Francisco City and County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

The Vintage Vase (Le Poème de la Vigne)

1877-1882

— Gustave Doré (1832-1883) —

The Vintage Vase (Le Poème de la Vigne) Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado

1. The Vintage Vase (Le Poème de la Vigne) Marker

Inscription. Bronze
Gift of M. H. de Young 53696
Gustave Doré created this vase for French winemakers who exhibited it at the 1878 Paris World's Fair. Decorating the colossal wine vessel are cupids, satyrs, and bacchantes associated with Bacchus, the Roman god of wine. The foundry shipped this version of the vase to San Francisco for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition, after which M. H. de Young purchased and then donated the vase to the de Young museum.
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Charity & Public Work. A significant historical year for this entry is 1878.

Location. 37° 46.295′ N, 122° 28.052′ W. Marker is in San Francisco, California, in San Francisco City and County. It is in Golden Gate Park. Marker is on Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive south of Bowl Drive, on the right when traveling south. The marker is set in the lawn in front of the vase. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco CA 94118, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Pair of Sphinxes (here, next to this marker); The California Academy of Sciences (within shouting distance of this marker); The California Midwinter International Exposition (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line);

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a different marker also named California Midwinter International Exposition (about 400 feet away); The Music Concourse (about 400 feet away); The de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park (about 400 feet away); General Pershing Memorial (about 400 feet away); Japanese Tea Garden (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Francisco.

Also see . . . The Dore Vase. Atlas Obscura

"It’s an incredibly curious work, however. Cherubs cavort with spiders and moths in illicit configurations. Look closely at the details and a bizarre bacchanalia unfolds."

(Submitted on September 15, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)