“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
“MEZY” CANDY BOX, 1921
Porcelain, the lid decorated with stylized blue, green and brown flowers on a white background,
the base adorned with a geometrical frieze in the same tones on a white background
Signed under its base d’après Mme Lalique Haviland and 8 EX. EX. No7
Initials of the designer MB (for M. L. Bocquet)
Bearing manufacturing and decoration seals
7 cm. high; 14 cm. diameter
Exhibition
Sèvres – Elégance du 20ème siècle, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 2 October-19 December 1993, n. 46 in the catalog
DRAWING, CIRCA 1925
Original designs of three vases with geometrical decor
Gouache and graphite on grey Canson type paper
Signed at the bottom, to the right
Bibliography
Mireille Mazet, A. Colotte sculpteur sur verre et sur cristal, les éditions de l'amateur, Paris 1994, ill. p. 244, n. 154
DRAWING, CIRCA 1925
Original designs of two large tapered vases with geometrical decor
Gouache and graphite on grey Canson type paper
Signed at the bottom, in the middle
Bibliography
Mireille Mazet, A. Colotte sculpteur sur verre et sur cristal, les éditions de l'amateur, Paris 1994, ill. p. 244, n. 153
VASE, CIRCA 1930
Multilayered, in clear glass, internally decorated with irregular grey and black sulfide inclusions, three small handles molded into the mass
Signed by hand with a diamond point and numbered 700
17.5 cm. high; 14 cm in diameter
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of James Harvey Stubblebine
CHALICE, 1912
Chalice with a slightly flared lip, in clear glass, its foot entirely decorated in polychrome enameled stylized flowers and leaves on a blue background
Signed in red enamel above one of the scrolls adorned on the lower part of the coupe
16.5 cm. high
With a certificate and a label marked n. 73/116 by Mrs Florence Marinot
An item with an identical shape and also enameled with flowers is in the collection of the Corning museum. For further details: Katharine McClinton, Art Deco, a guide for collectors, p. 140
Exhibition
Salon d’automne, 1912
Salon d’automne, 1913, in an ensemble by André Mare
Bibliography
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre de verre, les éditions de l’amateur, 2013, ill. pp 52 and 260
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Mr Poyet, Lyon, 1919
Mr Latil, Paris
Lillian Nassau, New York, acquired in 1972
According to Félix Marcilhac, this piece is from 1913 (so it could not have been exhibited in 1912)
COUPE, 1913
Chalice on a long and flared foot, in clear glass, acid-etched and decorated with blue, red and yellow enameled bunch of grapes
Signed with red enamel on the base of the foot
13.2 cm. high
With a certificate and a label marked n. 25/105 by Mrs Florence Marinot
Exhibition
Salon d’automne, Paris, 1913
Bibliography
Léandre Vaillat, Marinot peintre verrier, L'Art et les Artistes, May 1914, p. 140
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de verre, les éditions de l'amateur, 2013, ill. p. 253
Provenance
Former X Collection in 1919
Lillian Nassau, New York
Harvey Littleton, North Carolina, USA
FLATTENED BOTTLE, 1927
Green crackled glass on a red background
Signed
19.5 cm. high
With a certificate and a label marked n. 1331 by Mrs Florence Marinot
Exhibition
« L'Exposition de la verrerie Art Déco », Tokyo, Matsuya Ginza, 25 April – 7 May 1990, Osaka, Umeda Hankyu, 21 September – 3 October 1990, n.122 in the catalog
Bibliography
Janine Bloch-Dermant, Le verre en France d'Émile Gallé à nos jours, les éditions de l'amateur, 1983, ill. p. 119
Janine Bloch-Dermant, Le Guide Argus de la Verrerie, les éditions de l'amateur, 1991, ill. p. 301
Bijutsu Shuppan-sha LTD, The Concise History of World Glass, Japan, ill. p. 143, n.10-12
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de verre, les éditions de l'amateur, 2013, ill. pp. 161 and 480
Provenance
Formerly in the collections of :
Mrs Louis Ewald
Mrs J. R. Fouchet-Ewald
Alain Lesieutre, Paris
VASE, CIRCA 1925
Clear glass internally decorated with orange stripes and air bubbles
Wheel-cut signature Daum Nancy France
23 cm. high
An identical model was exhibited at the 1925 Exposition and acquired by the State for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris
Exhibition
Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs, Paris 1925
Bruxelles, Société Générale de Banque, “Art Déco 1925”
Bibliography
Duret-Robert François, Daum, Connaissance des Arts, November 1972, n. 249
Brunhammer, Yvonne, 1925, les presses de la connaissance, Paris 1976, full color ill. p. 79
Bacri Clothilde, Daum, Michel Aveline, éditeur, 1991, full page ill. p. 190
BONBONNIERE, 1922
Polychrome and gilded porcelain, decorated with stylized branches and flowers
Designed by Dunaime
Decorated by Miss Anne-Marie Fontaine
Bearing manufacture and decoration stamps of 1922
Signed under its base A M Fontaine and the letter J
6 cm. high; 11 cm in diameter
Bibliography
Lechevallier-Chevignard, Georges “La Décoration Moderne à la Manufacture de Sèvres“, Ch. Massin & Cie Editeurs, Paris, s.d. pl.5
BONBONNIERE, 1938
Large bonbonnière in enameled green celadon porcelain, decorated with two curled-up snakes
Signed and marked “J” for 1938
17 cm. high; 21 cm in diameter
“FLEURETTES” BOTTLE N°41, 1912
Footed baluster bottle and its stopper, enameled blue, white and red flowers (roses and tulips) in glass, concentric lines on the stopper, neck, body and foot
Signed M.M. in enamel
17 cm. high
VASE, CIRCA 1930
Vase in a tubular shape, slightly arched in thick transparent glass with yellow powder inclusions, application of large petals molded in transparent glass
Signed by hand with a diamond point and numbered 766
22 cm. high; 12 cm in diameter
VASE, CIRCA 1930
Vase in a tubular shape, slightly arched in thick transparent glass with grey powder inclusions, application of large petals molded in transparent glass
Signed by hand with a diamond point and numbered 709
22 cm. high; 13 cm in diameter
