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“LES OMBELLIFERES” DISPLAY CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Carved and moulded walnut
The interior has shaped shelves with naturalistic supports, and a back panel with an umbel motif in marquetry using different woods. The side panels and the glazed door, decorated with umbellifers and a butterfly in flight, are also in marquetry
Signed GALLÉ in marquetry
Height: 150 cm
Width: 63 cm
Depth: 43 cm
VASE, CIRCA 1890
Multilayered transparent bulbous glass vase overlaid in brown, finely engraved featuring a medieval woman spinning wool
Signed under the base A. Reyen / Paris
Height: 20 cm.
“LA BERCE DES PRES” CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Carved and moulded walnut with vegetal motifs, featuring a marquetry background with cut-out meadow hogweed, marsh irises, and dragonflies. The upper section is decorated with carved umbels
242 × 118 × 54 cm.
Exhibition
Exhibition of the École de Nancy, Paris, 1903
Similar model: Musée de l’École de Nancy (Bequest of Miss Pittet)
WINE JUG, CIRCA 1893
Enameled grès
Incised Bigot monogram under the base
Height: 25 cm.
Exhibition
SNBA 1893 (model in pewter)
Les Cinq, Paris 1896, n. 17
Alexandre Charpentier – Naturalisme et Art Nouveau, Paris, musée d’Orsay, 23 January- 13 April 2008 et Bruxelles, musée communal d’Ixelles, 29 May – 31 August 2008, n. 180 in the exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 175
Bibliography
J. Acheroni, Salon de 1893 – The Triumph of Pewter, Le Bambou, no. IV, illustrated periodical, pewter model illustrated p. 97
G. Mourey, The Decorative Art Movement in Paris, The Studio, March 1897, vol. X, n. 48, ill. p. 125
Madeleine Charpentier-Darcy, Introduction à l’art d’Alexandre Charpentier. Catalogue sommaire de l’oeuvre (sculpture – art décoratif), Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’art français, 1996, published 1997, ADc 45, p. 225 and manuscript
Hélène Bédague, Alexandre Bigot, Chimiste et Céramiste, éditions Louvre Victoire, Paris, 2016, ill. p.165
“LE VIOLON”, 1892 – “LE CHANT”, 1892 – “LES ECHECS”, 1896
Three plaques
Patinated gilt bronze
Signed
8 x 15 cm. each
Bibliography
Alexandre Charpentier, Naturalism and Art Nouveau, Musée d’Orsay, 2008, pp. 62 & 145, fig. 133 for Le Violon; p. 145, fig. 134 for Le Chant; and p. 159, fig. 157 for Les Échecs
“LE CHANT” – “LA SCULPTURE”
Two plaques mounted on a bronze base
9.7 x 20 cm.
8.1 x 20.2 cm.
WINE JUG, 1897
Glazed porcelain
Signed and dated 1897. Numbered 2
Height: 25 cm
From a limited edition of 20 copies distributed by Marty, the printer of L’Estampe originale, each sold for 20 francs
Exhibition
SNBA 1893 (model in pewter)
Les Cinq, Paris 1896, n. 17
Alexandre Charpentier – Naturalisme et Art Nouveau, Paris, musée d’Orsay, 23 January- 13 April 2008 et Bruxelles, musée communal d’Ixelles, 29 May – 31 August 2008, n. 180 in the exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 175
Bibliography
J. Acheroni, Salon de 1893 – The Triumph of Pewter, Le Bambou, no. IV, illustrated periodical, pewter model illustrated p. 97
G. Mourey, The Decorative Art Movement in Paris, The Studio, March 1897, vol. X, n. 48, ill. p. 125
Madeleine Charpentier-Darcy, Introduction à l’art d’Alexandre Charpentier. Catalogue sommaire de l’oeuvre (sculpture – art décoratif), Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’art français, 1996, published 1997, ADc 45, p. 225 and manuscript
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics / An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015,
ill. p. 105
COFFEE POT, CIRCA 1900
Silver decorated with clovers. Two-part body, interior in vermeil, with its tea strainer, carved ivory knob
Hallmarks
Height: 30 cm
PITCHER, CIRCA 1900
Silver
French Minerva mark, silversmith’s mark, signed G. KELLER / PARIS
It was probably part of the set presented at the 1900 Exposition universelle and the 1903 Glasgow Exhibition
13.5 x 18 cm.
LAMP BASE, CIRCA 1900
Thick glass lamp base with engraved decoration of eight butterflies on an interlayered background
Signed
Height: 29 cm.
VASE, CIRCA 1900
High-fired porcelain
Signed with the monogram of the artist. Label bearing the number 92
Height: 17 cm.
THREE-HANDLED BOTTLE
Stoneware with sang-de-boeuf glaze
Height: 27 cm.
WALL-MOUNTED FOUNTAIN, CIRA 1883–1885
Brown sandstone with high-relief decoration for the basin, depicting a gallant scene glazed in ochre-yellow and highlighted with gold
The fish-mouth spout is framed by a frog, a carp, and water lilies, glazed in yellow, green, and gold
Lid decorated with an eagle on a branch. The basin is decorated with a frieze of fish and glazed water lilies
Marked with a stamped signature bearing the number 99/R3/B1
The fountain is presented on its carved wooden panel
Height: 124 cm.
Bibliography
Jean d’Albis, Ernest Chaplet 1835-1909, Les Presses de la Connaissance, Paris, 1976, page 38
VASE, CIRCA 1910
Small bronze vase with medal patina, decorated with finely chased foliage in light relief
Signed
Height: 14.5 cm.
BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1900
Patinated bronze
Signed H.E-T, A.B E. Gj – metod Sockholm Dec. A Granberg samt i botten HE Aa 5
Height: 16.5 cm.
TEA SERVICE, CIRCA 1900
Silver tea set, finely chased with scrolls and volute
Comprising:
Tea-pot, coffee-pot, cream jug, sugar bowl
With silversmith mark and French Minerva mark
SIX SHIRT BUTTONS AND THREE CLOAK BUTTONS
Gilded metal depicting Sarah Bernhardt in the role of L’Aiglon
In their modern case
CEYLON SATINWOOD TABLE
Moulded and carved with Saint Bruno lilies; rectangular top, the frieze decorated with a garland of flowers on an ebony and mother-of-pearl marquetry ground
Slightly curved and fluted legs
Height: 75.5 cm
Top dimensions: 110 × 65 cm.
Exhibition
Exhibited at the Exposition de l’Intérieur, 3rd Salon des Industries du Mobilier, July–October 1908
Bibliography
Ian Millman, Georges de Feure, p. 214 to p. 216
PAIR OF VASES, CIRCA 1900
Clear glass, acid-etched highlighted with gold and decorated with grasshoppers and dragonflies
Signed and located at Bar-sur-Seine
Height: 10 cm.
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Transparent glass slightly tinted in green and mottled white
Design of mulberry branches, leaves and fruits applied in translucid green and amethyst enamels highlighted with gold
Signed and located Meudon
14 cm. high
DECORATIVE ELEMENT, CIRCA 1900
Copper and metal
Bibliography
Karin Blanc, Ferronnerie en Europe au XXème siècle, éditions Monelle Hayot, 2015, ill. p. 548
DECORATIVE ELEMENT, CIRCA 1900
Copper and wrought metal, decorated with three cherries and leaves
Unsigned
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, 1901, vol. II, “Les objets d’art aux Salons”, page 51 : “Ses adaptations de fleurs et de fruits pourront lui donner de très bons résultats s’il se préoccupe de corser un peu plus ses formes”
To be compared with a similar piece presented at the Société nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1904 and illustrated on plates 6 and 7 of L’Art décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, Librairie d’Art décoratif – Armand Guérinet, publisher
Karin Blanc, Ferronnerie en Europe au XXème siècle, éditions Monelle Hayot, 2015, ill. p. 157
PAIR OF IRIDESCENT SHELLS, CIRCA 1898
Porcelain
Length: 9.5 cm.
Bibliography
Midant, Jean-Paul, Sèvres – La manufacture au XXème siècle, Michel Aveline publisher, 1992, three other examples ill. p. 25
BOWL, 1902
Glass, with a decor of branches on an interlayered background
Signed and dated 1902
Height: 7 cm.
Width: 14.5 cm.
