BEAKER, 1898
Silver, with repoussé decoration featuring a frieze of stylized vegetal arabesques
Engraved beneath the base with the monogram JFR and dated 20 July 1898
With French Minerva mark and silversmith’s mark
Height: 13 cm.
“BACCHUS”, 1885-1889
Plate, enamel on copper
Signed on the reserve in gold: Bapst et Falize Dixit and L. Hirtz.
18 cm. diameter
Lucien Hirtz started to work as a “artiste décorateur” for Bapst et Falize in 1885 then joined the firm of Boucheron in 1893 where he remained until 1925.
The Stieglitz Museum in St. Petersburg has two other plates by Hirtz for Bapst et Falize.
His works are in several museums including the musée d'Orsay, the musée du Petit Palais, the musée des Beaux-Arts de Limoges and major private collections.