GEORGES JEAN – SMALL BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1900
SMALL BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1900
Translucent polychrome enamels in light relief with a stylised design of flowers and leaves
Signed Georges-Jean / LES ESSARTS-LE-ROI / S. and O.
11.7 cm. height
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HECTOR GUIMARD (1867-1942) – PAIR OF CORNER VITRINES, CIRCA 1895-1899
PAIR OF CORNER VITRINES, CIRCA 1895-1899
Mahogany, light mahogany. The frame, the uprights and panels are delicately sculpted with vegetal stylized trims
The hingers and keys in gilt bronze with a vegetal design
200 x 46.5 x 42 cm.
A comparable vitrine at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Bibliography
La Revue d’Art, 1ère année, November 1899, illustrated on a photograph
Provenance
Hotel Guimard built in 1910
Acquired directly by the merchants Plantin and Blondelin in the 1960s
Pierre Hebey, Paris
Cabinet d’expertises Camard, 2001
PAUL GRANDHOMME – “L’ABREUVOIR”, 1893
“L'ABREUVOIR”, 1893
Enamel on copper
Signed and dated
Plaque: 11.6 x 9 cm.
The frame: 18.3 x 21 cm.
After a painting “peasant watering her cow” by Jean-François Millet which is at the Boston Museum of
Fine Arts (Accession number: 17.1509)
LEO LAPORTE BLAIRSY – BOUQUET HOLDER, CIRCA 1900
BOUQUET HOLDER, CIRCA 1900
Bronze with a brown patina
Signed
58 cm. high
JACQUES LOYSEL – CANE KNOB, CIRCA 1900
CANE KNOB, CIRCA 1900
Patinated bonze
Signed
FRENCH – CANE KNOB, CIRCA 1900
CANE KNOB, CIRCA 1900
Silver
Unidentified maker
Bearing the mark: AD with clover
MAX BLONDAT – UMBRELLA HANDLE, CIRCA 1900
UMBRELLA HANDLE, CIRCA 1900
Bronze with a brown patina
Signed
In its fitted box
9.5 cm. long
RUPERT CARABIN – CANE, CIRCA 1900
CANE, CIRCA 1900
Bronze
Signed
A similar example in silver is in the collection of the Petit Palais in Paris, France
Exhibition
Exposition R. Carabin, Galerie du Luxembourg, 1974, n. 151 in the exhibition catalogue
Bibliography
C. Dike, La Canne Objet d’Art, p. 327
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of the sculptor Etienne Martin
THEOPHILE ALEXANDRE STEINLEN – “RUE DE VILLAGE EN BRETAGNE, LA NUIT”, CIRCA 1900
“RUE DE VILLAGE EN BRETAGNE, LA NUIT”, CIRCA 1900
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
16 x 22 cm.
Steinlen has executed a variant in aquatint with the same scene, without the figures and in full day light
BAPST & FALIZE, Silversmith – LUCIEN HIRTZ, Enameler – “THE SWAN SONG”, CIRCA 1900
“THE SWAN SONG”, CIRCA 1900
Enamel on copper
Signed in gold on the reverse L. Hirtz and Bapst et Falize
Inscribed Le cygne voit le ciel à son heure dernière (The swan sees the sky at his ultimate hour) Victor Hugo
18 cm. diameter
FRENCH – LORGNETTE, CIRCA 1900
LORGNETTE, CIRCA 1900
Horn, with an applied decoration of silver and enamel butterflies, cut-glass set
with silver stones simulating stars, two opals set with silver holding the mount in vermeil
Bearing the silversmith and maker’s marks
24 cm. long
Provenance
John Jesse, London, acquired in 1996
JANVIER QUERCIA – MATCHING POCKET, CIRCA 1905
MATCHING POCKET, CIRCA 1905
Finely chased and hammered silver with a relief decoration of vine branches
and leaves, decorated with plique à jour enamel, the grapes in amethyst-colored glass
Bearing the silversmith and Minerva marks
7.5 cm. diameter
Silversmith and jeweler, Quercia executes jewels, mainly in silver but also in gold, for many prestigious jewelers including Vever. Among the plaques and medals exhibited at the Société des Artistes Français in 1900, a Madonna and Child
by Ch. Pillet and a medal by Théodore-Rivière are reported as belonging to M. Quercia elder, most probably Janvier Quercia. Hence we assume that he edited works of these two artists.Quercia specialized in the creation of belt buckles, canes and umbrella handles, chains, pendants and brooches, finely
chased and incorporating enamels. He also distinguished himself by designing religious silverware
CHRISTOFLE & CIE – STRAWBERRY SERVING SET, BEFORE 1898
STRAWBERRY SERVING SET, BEFORE 1898
Silver and vermeil Comprising: A shovel, interior in vermeil, reference in the Christofle catalogue of 1898 n. 6850
A sugar spoon, with an openwork design, interior in vermeil, reference in the Christofle catalogue n. 6851
12 strawberry spoons, interior in vermeil, reference in the Christofle catalogue n. 6852
Shovel : 16.5 cm. long
Sugar spoons : 15.5 cm. long
Spoons : 12.6 cm. long
Exhibition
Orfèvrerie Christofle, Tarif Album, 1898, ill. p. 129
David Allan, Le couvert et la coutellerie de table française du XIXᵉ siècle, ill. p. 220
ROBERT LINZELER – SERVING SET, CIRCA 1900
SERVING SET, CIRCA 1900
Silver gilt with a design of foliage
With French Minerva mark
With silversmith mark: L & Cie (crown)
Spoon length: 25.2 cm.
Fork length: 24.3 cm.
LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – TEA SERVICE, CIRCA 1900
TEA SERVICE, CIRCA 1900
Silver, with ciseled scrolls. The handle in wood
Comprising:
Tea-pot, coffee-pot, creamer, a covered sugar bowl
With silversmith mark and French Minerva mark
PIERRE-AUGUSTE ARNOUX – CHRISTOFLE & CIE, HENRI GODIN – LEON MALLET, Chaser – VERY RARE COFFEE SERVICE “PINECONES AND NEEDLES, 1896
VERY RARE COFFEE SERVICE “PINECONES AND NEEDLES, 1896
Comprising a chased silver and silver gilt coffee pot, a covered sugar bowl, milk jug and matching tray
Each piece fully signed, bearing Minerva and makers marks and numbered
Coffee pot: 21 cm. high
Sugar bowl: 12 cm. high
Milk jug: 8 cm. high
Tray: 35 cm. diameter
Exhibition
Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1896
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
Bibliography
“A M. Henri Bouilhet et aux ateliers de la maison Christofle nous devons quelques très beaux morceaux d’orfèvrerie où l’ornement végétal est finement adapté à des formes de poteries très simples, commodes et d’un bon profil.
Dans un service à thé la feuille de chêne joue un rôle décoratif plein d’élégance. Une chocolatière s’enrichit pittoresquement de têtes et de feuilles de céleri. Le décor de deux cafetières s’emprunte aux aiguilles et aux pommes du pin et à la feuille
du platane… Le catalogue de l’Exposition nous fait connaitre les collaborateurs de M. Henri Bouilhet et je me fais un plaisir de citer leurs noms : les modèles sculptés sont de M. Léon Mallet et la ciselure est de MM. Arvisenet, Lindermann, Portrait,
Marionnet, Roze et Simon”. L. de Fourcaud, Les Arts décoratifs aux Salons de 1896, Revue des Arts décoratifs, July 1896, p. 229
Art et Décoration, 1900, vol. II, coffee pot illustrated p. 173
Tony Bouilhet, L’Orfèvrerie française au XXème siècle, éditions Émile-Paul frères, Paris, 1941, coffee pot illustrated in one of the plates
LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – PAIR OF FRUIT BOWLS, CIRCA 1900
PAIR OF FRUIT BOWLS, CIRCA 1900
Wheel cut crystal on silver bases
With silver and makers marks
Bowl: 25 cm. diameter
Weight of silver base: 1060 gr.
Between 1894 and 1899, Lucien Bonvallet designed for Cardeilhac a large array of silverware destined for the Exposition Universelle. Tea and coffee services in two sizes with their matching trays in engraved silver or pyrographed with silver mounts, handles and finials in either ebony or tinted ivory, sculpted ivory and silver candy dishes, vases, soup tureens, vegetable dishes and plates, fruit bowls, scent bottles, eggcups, a large centerpiece that included a jardinière and candlesticks. He drew his inspiration from flowers and plants which were transposed on the various models: thistles, columbines, mistletoe, clovers and chestnut leaves
All of those models were exhibited in January and February 1913 at the pavillon de Marsan, Musée des Arts décoratifson the occasion of a retrospective exhibition of Lucien Bonvallet
EMILE GALLE – CEILING LIGHT, CIRCA 1900
CEILING LIGHT, CIRCA 1900
Multi-layered glass, acid-etched red rhododendrons
With its mount
40 cm. diameter
FRENCH – “CHARDONS” WALL SCONCES, CIRCA 1900
“CHARDONS” WALL SCONCES, CIRCA 1900
Wrought iron
80 cm. high
We can attribute this work to Emile Robert, Régius or an artisan from the School of Nancy
EDWARD COLONNA – ART NOUVEAU BING – TABLE LAMP, CIRCA 1901
TABLE LAMP, CIRCA 1901
Metal, four waterleaf in relief on the base
Signed
48 cm. high
Exhibition
Dr. Martin Eidelberg, E. Colonna, Dayton Art Institute, 1984, fig. 1, p.47, n°99, p. 86 in the exhibition catalogue
Bibliography
” Une lampe de ” L’Art Nouveau Bing “, dont le modèle a été donné par M. Colonna, ainsi qu’une autre, composée par M. Paul Follot pour la Maison Moderne, sont des lampes de table ou de bureau, à foyer caché par un abat-jour. On trouvera dans celle de M. Colonna une très grande grâce. La ligne se poursuit d’un jet depuis le pied jusqu’au sommet, accentuée par des épanouissements de feuilles, et s’arquant pour suspendre l’abat-jour de soie moulé sur des côtes en spirale “. L’Art Décoratif, March 1903, ill. p. 80
Renate Ulmer, Art Nouveau Symbolismus und Jugendstil in Frankreich, Arnoldsche, 1999, ill. p. 133, n°113
EDWARD COLONNA – ART NOUVEAU BING – TABLE LAMPS, CIRCA 1901
TABLE LAMPS, CIRCA 1901
Metal, four waterleaf in relief on the base.
Signed
48 cm. high
Exhibition
Dr. Martin Eidelberg, E. Colonna, Dayton Art Institute, 1984, fig. 1, p.47, n°99, p. 86 in the exhibition catalogue
Bibliography
” Une lampe de ” L’Art Nouveau Bing “, dont le modèle a été donné par M. Colonna, ainsi qu’une autre, composée par M. Paul Follot pour la Maison Moderne, sont des lampes de table ou de bureau, à foyer caché par un abat-jour. On trouvera dans celle de M. Colonna une très grande grâce. La ligne se poursuit d’un jet depuis le pied jusqu’au sommet, accentuée par des épanouissements de feuilles, et s’arquant pour suspendre l’abat-jour de soie moulé sur des côtes en spirale “. L’Art Décoratif, March 1903, ill. p. 80
Renate Ulmer, Art Nouveau Symbolismus und Jugendstil in Frankreich, Arnoldsche, 1999, ill. p. 133, n°113
JULES JOUANT – CENTER TABLE, CIRCA 1900
CENTER TABLE, CIRCA 1900
Silvered bronze
Signed
60 x 50 cm.
PAUL FREY – MATCH BOX HOLDER, CIRCA 1900
MATCH BOX HOLDER, CIRCA 1900
Gold, decorated with clovers
With maker’s mark, eagle’s head (2) and marked DEPOSE
4.5 x 3 cm.
Bibliography
Henri Vever, La Bijouterie française au XIXème siècle, vol. III, p. 582, illustration of a match box holder with an identical decor
RORSTRAND PORSLINFABRIKER AB – WALDEMAR LINDSTRÖM – “RAIES” VASE, 1901-1902
“RAIES” VASE, 1901-1902
Porcelain
Bearing the manufacturer’s stamp, bearing the monogram of the artist, numbered 12806
22.5 cm. high