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RARE VASE, CIRCA 1892-1895
Double acid-etched glass with a design of grasshoppers, flowers, insects, and an enameled butterfly, highlighted with gold
Signed
Height: 29 cm.
Exhibition
Similar model at the Kitazawa museum
“LES BLANCS SOLEILS D’AUTOMNE” OR “CHANT D’AUTOMNE” IMPORTANT VASE, CIRCA 1900
Glass marquetry in shades of green and pale pink against an opalescent white ground
Decorated with swamp magnolia blossoms, acid-etched and finely wheel-carved
Height: 34.5 cm.
Exhibition
Smaller-size model, exhibited at the 1892 Salon. The smaller version of this model is preserved in the collections of the Musée d’Orsay under identification no. 33270 and inventory no. PHO 1986 71 157
Bibliography
Louis de Fourcaud, Émile Gallé, in the series Les Artistes de tous les temps, published by Librairie d’Art Ancien et Moderne, Paris, 1903; the smaller version of the model is illustrated on page 27 and titled Les Blancs Soleils d’Automne
Revue des Arts Décoratifs, seventeenth year, 1 January 1897; the smaller version of the model is illustrated on page 342 and is also titled Chant d’Automne
Provenance
The vase was commissioned from Émile Gallé by Félix Crousse (1840–1925) and subsequently remained in the family by descent.
Born on 2 October 1840 in the Boudonville district of Nancy, François Félix Crousse was the son of Louis Crousse, a gardener, and his wife Françoise Morel. He attended the Imperial Lycée of Nancy from 1850 to 1855 before undertaking a horticultural apprenticeship that lasted approximately ten years, notably with Auguste Calot in Douai.
He quickly distinguished himself through his work on the ivy-leaved geranium, which he successfully improved, as well as on various other flowering plants, including chrysanthemums, cyclamens, and herbaceous peonies, for which he developed nearly eighty new cultivars. Crousse achieved international renown as one of the foremost specialists in tuberous begonias.
Closely associated with several artists of the École de Nancy—among them Jacques Gruber, Ernest Bussière, and above all Émile Gallé—he paid tribute to Gallé by giving his name to several of his floral creations, particularly peonies and begonias.
In 1877, together with Victor Lemoine, Émile Gallé, and Léon Simon, he founded the Central Horticultural Society of Nancy (Société Centrale d’Horticulture de Nancy), whose development he actively supported. He encouraged the creation of a society bulletin, which he edited for a time before entrusting its management to Gallé, and later served as vice-president of the organization.
Félix Crousse gained particular recognition at the great international exhibitions. He was awarded a Gold Medal at the 1878 Paris Exposition for his peonies and a Silver Medal at the 1889 Paris Exposition for his begonias.
This is typical provenance text in an auction catalogue: it establishes a direct historical connection between the original commissioner, the celebrated horticulturist Félix Crousse, and Émile Gallé, while emphasizing the vase’s uninterrupted descent within the family.
DECORATIVE POT, CIRCA 1889
White glazed earthenware in the form of a Foo dog head
Embossed marks under the base: Modèle et décor déposés, Gallic rooster, E G and Lorraine cross, Émile Gallé, Nancy.
Height: 25 cm.
Width: 22 cm.
VASE “CINERAIRES”, CIRCA 1910
Clear glass with white, yellow and blue inclusions
The flowers and leaves are acid-etched and wheel carved
Signed
40.5 cm. high
Bibliography
Clotilde Bacri, Daum, Michel Aveline éditeur, 1992, ill. p. 68
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Acid-etched glass decorated with leaves and flowers and heightened with translucent enamels
Engraved signature
22.7 cm. high
“AUX LIBELLULES ET PAPILLONS” CONSOLE, CIRCA 1900
Sculpted walnut and exotic wood marquetry, mother-of-pearl inlay and bronze
Signed
138 cm. high; 74 cm. wide; 46 cm. deep
Only one variant of the design is recorded
Bibliography
A. Duncan and G. de Bartha, Gallé Furniture, Antique Collector’s Club, 2012, a variant ill. p. 272, pl. 4
Provenance
Private collection, France
CONICAL VASE, 1898
Multilayered and wheel-carved conical vase with faceted corners in amber, purplish-blue and red marquetry glass, internally decorated with columbines on a background with silver foil inclusions, acid-etched, the original bronze base in the shape of leaves and spurs
Signed and dated 1898
26.1 cm. high
Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux Arts, 1898
Wood One Museum of Art, Hiroshima, Japan, 2005, n.33, ill. p. 36 in the exhibition catalogue
Emile Gallé – Nature and Symbol / Le Langage des Fleurs et des Choses Muettes, 16 January – 10 April 2016, Tokyo Metropolitan
Teien Art Museum; 24 April – 5 June 2016, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, n. 069, ill. p. 90
Bibliography
Revue des Arts Décoratifs, 1898, ill. p. 148
Renate Ulmer, Art Nouveau Symbolismus und Jugendstil in Frankreich, Arnoldsche, 1999, ill. p. 319, n. 318
Emile Gallé et le verre, la collection du musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, Ed. Somogy, Paris, 2004, similar example ill. p. 164, n. 280
Provenance
Daimaru Museum, Japan
Other examples of this design are owned by important museums worldwide:
Kitazawa Museum of Art, Japan
Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf (Collection Gerda Koepf), Germany
Suntory Museum, Japan
Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, Nancy, France
Budapest Museum of Applied Arts, inv. n. 55.284, Hungary
“IRIS” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Multilayered glass vase decorated with blooming water iris in glass marquetry,
some elements wheel-cut, with six vertical hot-applied elements
Signed with a double line
Exhibition
The model was exhibited at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition,
displayed in the Les Granges showcase
Our vase was shown at the Fine Arts Exhibition in Mulhouse in 1911, no. 14, p. 90
It was also included in the Gallé exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris from 29 November 1985 to 2 February 1986
Bibliography
Émile Nicolas, M. Émile Gallé at the 1900 Exposition, in La Lorraine, 18th year, no. 11,
December 1900, p. 164, for a similar example with a dragonfly
Roger Marx, La décoration et les Industries d’Art à l’Exposition de 1900, 1901, p. 107
La Revue Lorraine Illustrée, no. 3, 1906, p. 106
Bulletin de la Société Industrielle de Mulhouse, 1911, p. 4
A similar example was sold at Christie’s Geneva on 16 November 1981 under lot no. 228 (sold for 230,000 Swiss francs plus fees to Andrée Vyncke)
Georges de Bartha, Gallé, le verre, Bibliothèque des arts, Paris, 1985, p. 105, for a similar model
Françoise Thérèse Charpentier, Philippe Thiébaut, Gallé, exhibition catalogue, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, 29 November 1985 – 2 February 1986, Ministry of Culture, Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1985, p. 212
EXCEPTIONAL VASE, CIRCA 1900
Multilayered glass with with gold leaf inclusions and blue and brown powder streaks, overlaid in black,
hammered and carved with a decor of a woman and reeds.
The mount in silver with a design of leaves on an openwork background.
Silver marks.
15.4 cm. high
VIDE-POCHE, CIRCA 1900
Pâte de verre
Signed and numbered 515
Height: 9 cm.
Length: 12.5 cm.
SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1900-1910
Rectangular low sideboard in fruitwood. The doors are decorated with molded panels carved in low relief with a wooded lakeside landscape, framed with carved branches. The panels are incised with the silhouette of a seated wolf—seen from behind on one panel, and from the front on the other. The drawer is bordered by a carved vegetal pattern. The oval keyhole are made of engraved metal with foliage.
Height: 93.5 cm.
Width: 143 cm.
Depth: 52 cm.
Provenance
From the descendants of Louis Hestaux
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 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
“THEODORA”, CIRCA 1906
Parcel-gilt and silvered-bronze figure of the empress wearing the Byzantium crown,
heightened with translucent enamels and set with colourful semi-precious stones
Signed and impressed with the foundry mark
61 cm. high
Theodora was the wife of Justinian I who was crowned Emperor of the
Byzantine Empire in 527 AD. As his wife, she ruled by his side, and as his partner,
her intelligence helped to advance the Empire
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.
“EPIS DE BLE” VITRINE, CIRCA 1900
Sculpted walnut, the shelves decorated with wheat stalks in exotic wood marquetry
Signed
185 x 84 x 54 cm
Another example of this design is part of the collections of the Musée d’Orsay, Paris
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.
IMPORTANT LAMP, CIRCA 1900
Triple glass with metallic powder inclusions with a design of butterflies on the shade on a arborescent landscape. Fired polished and hammered
The mount in patinated bronze
Etched signature
70 cm. high
Diameter of the shade: 40.5 cm.
