VASE, CIRCA 1900
Finely chased repoussé silver, with a relief decoration of beetles; the base decorated with lapis lazuli cabochons
Signed underneath
18.7 cm. high
Born in Geneva, François Bocquet studied in Paris under Jean Dampt and as of 1900 was one of the five artists who exhibited at the Galerie des Artistes Modernes under the name “L'Art dans tout”.
A talented engraver he was at ease with producing both silver and copper objects which were either unique or in small edition. He adorned his silver objects with gold and enamel highlights and semi precious stones such as moonstones and lapis lazuli. His motifs are floral enhanced with insects (cicadas, ladybirds, bees).
He soon turns to jewelry and exhibits regularly at the Société Nationale de Beaux-Arts.
PLATE, CIRCA 1900
Copper with silver inlays and an applied chased silver cicada
Signed underneath H. Husson and bearing the artist’s seal
18 cm. diameter
HAND MIRROR, CIRCA 1902
Gilt and chased copper with turquoise cabochon
Signed
28 cm. long
Bibliography Der Modern Stil, Julius Hoffmann junior, A Guérinet, Librairie d'Art Décoratif, volume 4, ill. pl. 76, n.4 Documents sur l'Art Industriel au XXème siècle, édition de La Maison Moderne, Paris, Objets en métal, ill.p. 21, ref. 1072-1
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Paul Follot: un artiste décorateur parisien, AAM Editions, 2020, ill. p. 32
CHAMPAGNE GLASS, CIRCA 1900
Silver and clear glass with a design of foliage
With French Minerva mark and bearing the inscription: A . F .
20 Octobre 1826
20 Octobre 1906 12 cm. high
9.5 cm. diameter
BOWL, 1910
Chased and hammered silver, with a relief decoration of leaves and a cockchafer
Signed and bearing the foundry mark A. Hébrard / Paris
5.5 cm. high
23.3 cm. diameter
“SENECON” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Bronze and silver, vegetal shape with an applied insect
Signed H. Husson and A. HEBRARD PARIS and bearing the mark H h in a square
18 cm. high
Exhibition
Exhibition of fifty original works by H. Husson, Galerie A.-A. Hébrard, 8, rue Royale, Paris, number 44
Bibliography
Dominique Forest, Marie-Cécile Forest, La Dinanderie Française 1900-1950, les éditions de l’amateur, Paris, 1995, ill. p. 8
BONBONNIERE, CIRCA 1900
Hammered and chased silver with a stylised decor
Signed JS under the base. Bearing the foundry mark A HEBRARD / PARIS. With silversmith mark and silver mark (boar’s head)
14 cm. high; 26.3 cm. diameter
“HUIT NAIADES” CIRE-PERDUE, CIRCA 1895-1900
Silver
Signed LALIQUE
6 cm. high
16 cm. long
16 cm. wide
Bibliography
For the motif in ivory on a jewel by René Lalique, see the Lalique sale, Sotheby’s New York, 1 December 1995
A centerpiece with a similar motif in silver was donated by Mr and Mrs Gillion Crowet to the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, in 2006. See Michel Draguet, l’Art Nouveau Retrouvé, Skira/Seuil, Milan, 1999 , p. 85
BOX, CIRCA 1906-1908
Carved ebony; the lid in carved horn with a stylized decor of a flower
10.5 cm in diameter
Bibliography
Comparer à un exemplaire similaire acquis au Salon d'Automne de 1907 pour le Musée du Luxembourg ; dépôt du Musée National d'Art Moderne au Musée d'Orsay, 1977. Inv. n° DO 1977-17.
Egalement une autre bonbonnière repr. dans Art et Décoration, 1907, vol. I, p. 96.
VASE, CIRCA 1904 Copper decorated with white and yellow cloisonné enamelled daisies on a green background
Silver mount by Edgar Brandt
Bearing the monogram of Ando Jubei
13 cm. high
Jubei’s cloisonné enamels are in the collections of the Victoria and Albert and the Walters Art museums
Bibliography
Robert de Souza, Oeuvres diverses d’Edgar Brandt, L’Art Décoratif, 1904, vol. II, p. 145 for a similar design
SET OF 6 SPOONS, CIRCA 1900
Vermeil with plique-à-jour enamels. Blue enamelled spiral
Two spoons bearing a mark with three crowns
With silver mark
In its fitted case of the jewellere P. A. LIE, Christiania
“LA FUITE DE L’HEURE”, 1898
Unique piece
Sculpted padouk and gilt bronze
Signed three times with the monogram ALMC
83 cm. high
28 cm. long
20 cm. deep
Exhibition La Libre Esthétique, Bruxelles, 1899
Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1899
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
Intertionale Kunstausstellung, Dresde, 1901
Salon d’Automne, Paris, 1905
Exposition d’art français contemporain, Basel, 1906 Les Peintres de la femme, Société artistique de Roubaix-Tourcoing, 1910
Exposition Universelle, Bruxelles, 1910 Alexandre Charpentier, Naturalisme et Art Nouveau, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 2008, n. 86
Bibliography
Julius Meier-Graefe, Horloges et pendules, Art et Décoration, April 1899, p. 7 Alexandre Charpentier, Naturalisme et Art Nouveau, 2008, ill. p. 116 in the exhibition catalogue
“SENECON” VASE, 1905
Repoussé copper with silver inlays decoration; applied with a branch and foliage in chased silver
Engraved signature under the base and bearing the monogram of the artist
16 cm. high
Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1905, ill. p. 61, n. 2337 in the exhibition catalogue
Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, 22 October 1976-30 January 1977, Ein Dokument deutscher Kunst – Darstadt 1901-1976, n. 250
