MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – PERSEE ET ANDROMEDE
PERSEE ET ANDROMEDE
Glazed stoneware vase with a high-relief decoration depicting Perseus and Andromeda
Signed on the reverse and bearing the Manufacture’s circular stamp
Height: 39 cm.
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MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – PAIR OF VASES DE SCEAUX, THE SHAPE DESIGNED IN 1896
PAIR OF VASES DE SCEAUX, THE SHAPE DESIGNED IN 1896
Form designed by: Marie Louise Poitevin
Decorated by: Alexandre Blanchard (attributed)
Pair of porcelain vases decorated with Japanese camellia in shades of grey and blue, the flowers executed in pâte-sur-pâte
Oval mark S97 and PN (pâte nouvelle) under the glaze.
Height: 35 and 36 cm.
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – LOUIS-MAURICE BOCQUET – GENEVIEVE RAULT – VASES D’ANGERS, 1902
VASES D'ANGERS, 1902
Hard-paste porcelain. Polychrome design of fuschias
Author of the decor: Geneviève RAULT
Decorated by: Louis-Marie BOCQUET
Height: 60 cm
Bibliography
L'Art Décoratif, June 1902, ill. p. 126
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – LOUIS-JULES MIMARD – “VASE DE CREUSOT”, 1898
“Vase de Creusot”, 1898
White porcelain (pâte dure nouvelle) glazed in shades of green and yellow with a decor of irisis
Signed in gold L. MIMARD and bearing the manufacturer’s stamp for 1898
and the decoration stamp for 1901
Height: 45 cm.
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MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – LEON-CHARLES PELUCHE – VASE “DE BOUGIVAL”
VASE “DE BOUGIVAL”
Porcelain with polychrome decoration of stylized flower stems. The neck and the base are highlighted with fine gold
Bearing the S 1909 stamp and decoration stamp for 1910. Bearing the monogram of the decorative painter Léon PELUCHE
Height: 35.5 cm.
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – JULES DALOU – “TERRASSIER A LA PELLE”, 1907
“TERRASSIER A LA PELLE”, 1907
Beige patinated biscuit
Signed and bears the triangular stamp dated 1907
Height: 18.2 cm.
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, September 1903, p. 274: Model illustrated in terracotta
Le Biscuit de Sèvres – Recueil des Modèles Modernes de la Manufacture de Sèvres, published by Emile Bourgeois et Geo. Lechevallier-Chevignard, tom II, edited by Pierre Lafitte & Cie, ill. pl. 11,
référence n. 1355
Les œuvres de la Manufacture nationale de Sèvres – Tome II, La Sculpture moderne, ill. pl. 56, n. 1532
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – VASE, 1900
VASE, 1900
Flamed porcelain.
Bearing the manufacturer’s stamp for 1900 and decoration for 1901.
Height: 18 cm.
Bibliography
Vases with a similar shape illustrated in L’Art Décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, 1905, pl. 66, 68 & 79.
450 €
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – GUSTAVE JOSEPH CHERET – “VASE DE BOURGES A ANSES”, DESIGNED 1896
“VASE DE BOURGES A ANSES”, DESIGNED 1896
Form designer: Gustave-Joseph Chéret
Hard-pasted new porcelain, polychrome decoration featuring cloud motifs
Height: 25 cm.
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – GUSTAVE JOSEPH CHERET – LOUIS-JULES MIMARD – CHARLES FRITZ – “VASE DE BOURGES A ANSES”, DESIGNED 1893
“VASE DE BOURGES A ANSES”, DESIGNED 1893
Pâte Nouvelle (PN) 1900
Bearing the triangular manufacturer’s stamp for 1900 and decoration mark for 1903. Signed L. MIMARD
25 cm. high
Another example is in the Musée de Mâcon
Bibliography
The shape illustrated in (with a different decoration):
L’Art Décoratif, October 1900, p. 2 (Exposition Universelle of 1900)
E. Baumgart, La Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres à l’Exposition Universelle de 1900, Paris, Librairie des Beaux-Arts, board 19 (N. 68 in the exhibition catalog)
Jean Paul Midant, Sèvres – La Manufacture au XXème siècle, Paris, Michel Aveline Editeurs,
1992, p. 24
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau: French Aesthetic, p. 528
Provenance
Joseph Cheret, “directeur des travaux d’art supplémant” from 1886-87 designed only a few forms for Sèvres (one large vase destined for the Paris Opéra foyer). His concentration on a restricted number of models rewarded him with the “Prix de Sèvres” in 1897 for his form and decorative compostion depicting “le Passage de Vénus sur le Soleil”, project for the spacious vestibule of La Bibliothèque Nationale
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MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – AGATHON LEONARD – “DANSEUSE TAMBOURIN A DROITE, N. 4, 1ERE GRANDEUR”
“DANSEUSE TAMBOURIN A DROITE, N. 4, 1ERE GRANDEUR”
Biscuit
Signed and bearing the manufacturer's stamps
Height: 49 cm.
Identical model in the following public collections:
Frankfort, Museum für Kunsthandwerk
Hambourg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
Copenhagen, Kunst-Industri-Museet
London, Victoria & Albert Museum
Saint-Petersbourg, Ermitage
Sèvres, musée national de Céramique
Bibliography
Agathon Léonard , Le geste Art nouveau, Somogy éditions d'art, 2003, ill. p. 51 n. 12 in the exhibition catalogue at the museums of Roubaix and Beauvais
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – CHARLES PIHAN – FLATTENED GOURD, CIRCA 1900
FLATTENED GOURD, CIRCA 1900
Grès with a decor of monnaie du pape
Height: 28.5 cm.
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – ALEXANDRE SANDIER – VASE DE CHEVILLY, 1913
VASE DE CHEVILLY, 1913
Porcelain with a sang de boeuf glaze. The mount in gilt bronze
Bearing the manufacturer’s stamp and dated 1913
Height: 24 cm
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – COLOQUINTE VASE, 1901
COLOQUINTE VASE, 1901
Fruit-shaped porcelain with a beige coloured glaze, the stopper simulating the stem
Bearing the manufacturer’s triangular inkstamp for 1901
16.8 cm. high
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MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – GROUP OF VASES
GROUP OF VASES
ALEXANDRE SANDIER (1843-1916), form designer
HENRI-LOUIS-LAURENT ULRICH, decorator
LÉONARD GEBLEUX (1861-1930), decor designer
“Vase de Montchanin”, 1896
White porcelain glazed blue with a stylized floral pattern
Bearing the manufacturer’s oval stamp for 1899
23 cm. high
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, 1900
ALEXANDRE SANDIER (1843-1916), form designer
DENIS LIGUÉ (active at Sèvres between 1881 and 1911), decorator
“Vase de Monchanin”, 1896
White porcelain glazed polychrome with a floral pattern
Bearing the triangular manufacturer’s stamp for 1900 and decoration mark for 1904
23 cm. high
ALEXANDRE SANDIER (1843-1916), form designer
“Vase de Montchanin”, 1896
White porcelain glazed pink, red and gold with a decor of waterlilies
Bearing the triangular manufacturer’s stamp
23 cm. high
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – “ALENCON” PAIR OF VASES, 1902
“ALENCON” PAIR OF VASES, 1902
Flamed porcelain, on a dark purple background enhanced with color with green crystallization in the manner of Chinese effect.
Marked PN (for pâte nouvelle) and bearing the manufacturer’s stamp for 1902
Height: 43 cm.
Diameter: 18 cm.
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – LOUIS-AUGUSTE THÉODORE-RIVIÈRE – “SAPHO” OR “LE REVEIL”, 1901
“SAPHO” OR “LE REVEIL”, 1901
Biscuit
Signed and bearing the rectangular mark
Height: 41 cm.
Bibliography
Colette Dumas, Catalogue raisonné, ill. p. 105
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – HENRI RAPIN – “FONTAINE LUMINEUSE”, 1924-1927
FONTAINE LUMINEUSE, 1924-1927
The shape and decor designed by Henri Rapin, executed by J.-B. Gauvenet
Porcelain, the base in bronze
The top bearing the Sèvres Factory seal S 1924; at the base, a plaque is engraved
AGENCE GENERALE ELLIOTT FISHER A SON CHER VICE-PRESIDENT
F. LECHER SEVRES PARIS NOVEMBRE 1927
App. 134 cm. high without the base
Four fountains are registered in the archives at the Sèvres Factory:
One at the Mobilier National, incomplete (lower part missing)
One at the Sèvres Porcelain Factory, in excellent condition
One in an unknown location, severely damaged
Our example
Exhibition
Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925 (Pavillon de Sèvres)
L’Exposition des porcelaines de Sèvres de style Art Déco, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum,
2 October-19 December 1993, ill. p. 37, n. 30 in the exhibition catalogue
Bibliography
Les œuvres de la Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, tome V: Le Luminaire, nd, ill. pl. 5, n. 3528
Jean Paul Midant, Sèvres – La Manufacture au XXème siècle, Michel Aveline editor, Paris, 1992,
ill. full page p. 76 (formerly in the Pavillon de Sèvres collection, London, the bronze base missing)
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MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – LEO LAPORTE BLAIRSY – BRETONNE A LA COIFFE, 1904
BRETONNE A LA COIFFE, 1904
Biscuit
Signed. Bearing the manufacturer seal for 1904 and the initials HR for Henri Robert (molder)
This model was also edited in bronze
11 x 12 cm.
350 €
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – CUP AND SAUCER, 1912
CUP AND SAUCER, 1912
Hard white porcelain, with openwork decoration around the rim
Bearing the Manufacturer’s stampt dated 1912
Height of the cup: 7 cm.
Diameter of the saucer: 11.5 cm.
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – GENEVIEVE RAULT, (active at Sèvres between 1896 and 1915) form designer – LOUIS-JULES MIMARD (Born 1868) decorator – “VASE DE CHATOU”, 1903
“VASE DE CHATOU”, 1903
After a design by Emile Belet
White porcelain glazed with a japonist decor of weeds on a pale yellow background
Bearing the manufacturer’s stamp for 1903 and decoration for 1909
24 cm. high
The vase de Chatou also comes with a stopper, handles applied decoration
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – HENRI RAPIN – JEAN-BAPTISTE GAUVENET – “RAPIN” WALL LIGHT, 1923
“RAPIN” WALL LIGHT, 1923
Enamelled porcelain and gilt bronze
Bearing the Sèvres Factory and decoration marks for 1923
36 cm. high
No other example known to exist
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925
Sèvres – Elégance du 20ème siècle. L’Exposition des Porcelaines de Sèvres de style Art Déco, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 2 October-19 December 1993, n. 27 in the exhibition catalogue
Bibliography
Les Œuvres de la Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres 1738-1939, Volume V, Le Luminaire, illustrated under number 35245
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – LÉON KANN – “POMMES DE PIN” COFFEE SERVICE, 1902
“POMMES DE PIN” COFFEE SERVICE, 1902
Comprising four cups and saucers and one sugar bowl porcelain with a relief decoration of pinecone scales
Bearing the manufacturer’s marks S/1905, pâte nouvelle
Sugar bowl: 14.2 cm. high
Each cup: 6.8 cm. high
Each saucer: 13 cm. diameter
Another example of the sugar bowl is part of the collections of the Château-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer (INV. 480L)
Exhibition
1904, St. Louis: Exposition internationale
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ANDRE-FERNAND THESMAR – MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES, COVERED BOX, CIRCA 1895
COVERED BOX, CIRCA 1895
Cloisonné enamel and gold on a soft paste porcelain
Signed in enamel with the artist’s monogram
9 cm. diameter
Exhibition
Sèvres – Élégance du 20ème siècle, Tokyo Metropolitan Tein Art Museum, 2 October-19 December 1993, p. 67, n. 5 in the exhibition catalogue
Bibliography
Revue des Arts décoratifs, 1886, p. 377 and p. 381, Les artistes décorateurs – Fernand Thesmar by Victor Champier, illustration of two other enamelled covered boxes
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – LEON KANN – “VASE GOURDE DE BRUYERES”
“VASE GOURDE DE BRUYERES”
Pâte Nouvelle (PN) of 1900
Designed by L. Kann, 1899
21 cm. high
Bibliography
Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé, Barbara Mundt, La porcelaine européenne au XIXe siècle, Office du Livre, Fribourg, Suisse, 1983, ill. p. 252, board 413
Jean Paul Midant, SEVRES La Manufacture au XXème siècle, Paris, Michel Aveline Editeur, 1992, p. 38
Provenance
An identical piece in a paler and monochromic shade can be found in the collections of the Musée National de Céramique in Sèvres, inventory n. MNC 25 522
Another item is part of Mobilier National’s collection
A third piece is in the collection of the Musée National Adrien-Dubouché in Limoges, inventory n. 7704