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
VASES, CIRCA 1920
Round vase on circular foot and small flaring neck, mottled light blue glass decorated with eight tears
in green enamel, the foot and neck outlined in green enamel
Signed underneath in enamel
14 cm.
Flattened footed vase in clear glass, polychrome decoration of a pair of birds framed by flowers and leaves
Signed underneath in enamel Sold
Tapered cylindrical vase in mottled yellow glass decorated in polychrome enamel with three identical pairs
of parakeets and insects in flight
Signed in enamel underneath
Footed cylindrical vase with flaring neck, mottled yellow glass decorated with three medallions of stylized motifs
in black enamel, the rim and foot outlined in black enamel
Signed underneath in enamel
“THE THREE GRACES”, CIRCA 1925
Monumental pâte de verre pedestal dish after a model by Yvonne Serruys representing the Three Graces holdind up a sea shell with green and orange highlights imitating mother-of-pearl, with the
base showing children blowing conch shells
Signed and numbered 940
40 cm. high
The shell: 31 cm. long
Exhibition
Sunderland Museum & Art Gallery, The Art of Glass: Art Nouveau to Art Deco, 17 July-27 October 1996
Bibliography
Gustave Kahn, Le goût moderne, November 1926, pp. 8-11: “Ainsi Mme Yvonne Serruys a donné le modèle d’une coupe haute, à large vasque étendue, exécutée dans les tons blancs du marbre ou la nacrure du coquillage, soutenue par les épaules
de porteurs nus, dont les pieds s’agrippent à un rocher mouvementé, et le verrier a obtenu des épreuves de colorations diverses, distinctes et toutes bien venues”
Victor Arwas, The Art of Glass, Andreas Papadakis, publisher, 1996, full page ill. p. 56
AN IMPORTANT BOTTLE, 1923
Clear and acid-etched carved glass
Signed
With a certificate and a label marked n. 696 by Mrs Florence Marinot
18 cm. high
Exhibition Bestiaire de verre, de la fin du XIXe siècle à nos jours, Musée du verre, Conches en Ouche, 9 March-24 November 2019, ill. pp. 36 & 37
Bibliography
Compare with a similar vase at the Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf, ill. p. 308, n. 363 in European Art Glass par Ray & Lee Grover, published by Charles E. Tuttle Co. Rutland, Vermont, USA Art Deco, Citadelles & Mazenod, 2009, p. 89
Yves Delaborde, Le Verre, art & design-XIXe-XXIe siècles, ACR édition, 2011, p. 89
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre de verre, les éditions de l’amateur, 2013, ill. p. 260
