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LETTER OPENER, CIRCA 1900
Horn with a design of a carved fish in semi-relief
The eye, in ruby glass, is applied. The handle is openwork with a design of algae; three opal glass cabochons representing air bubbles
Unsigned. Has a new case
32.2 cm. long
FIVE PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, CIRCA 1900
Comprising a coffee-pot, tea-pot, sugar bowl with cover, cream jug and matching tray, decorated with chased clover leaves, finely carved wood handles
Each piece monogrammed and stamped Cardeilhac Paris, with French silver marks
The coffee-pot: 13.5 cm. high; the tea-pot: 12 cm. high; the sugar pot: 7.5 cm. high;
the cream jug: 4 cm. high; the tray: 35.5 cm. long
It is likely that this design was shown in the competition held in 1899 by l’Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs for the purpose of selecting artists for the Exposition Universelle of 1900
for which Bonvallet, Cardeilhac and Viat were rewarded (Revue des Arts Décoratifs, 1899, p. 118).
CANE KNOB, CIRCA 1900
Melted and chased vermeil with translucent enamel figuring a woman’s head. The helmet is decorated with stylised patterns in green openwork enamel; with opal enamel cabochons
Signed VEVER Paris. With silversmith and French Minerva marks
94.5 cm. long
Exhibition
1900, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, March 14 – June 26, 2000, ill. full page 259, n. 265
Maison Vever, 9 rue de la Paix, Paris, Dans l’intimité de Vever, bijoux et objets d’art depuis 1821,
June 1st – August 11th, 2023
Bibliography
This model is illustrated in an advertising by Janvier Quercia in the magazine supplement Art et Décoration, December 1904, p. 8
PICTURE FRAME, CIRCA 1900
Wood, covered with an incised painted leather with a decor of two stylised flowers and leaf
Incised signature THEO
31.7 x 21 cm.
“GRENOUILLES” VASE, 1906
Chased and gilt patinated bronze. Decor of four frogs laying on leaves and water lily buds, with flies encrusted with gold. The neck is patinated and hammered
Signed and dated JOHN DUNAND 1906
31.2 cm. high
Exhibition
Salon de la Nationale, Paris 1907
Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts, Geneva 1907, n. 2466
Salles Léopold-Robert, Neuchatel, 10 September-15 October 1910
1900, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 14 March-26 June 2000, ill. p. 287, n.310 in the exhibition catalogue
Bibliography
“M. Dunand a, lui, une matière un peu plus fruste, s’alliant du reste très bien au caractère des pièces qu’il expose.
Le vase que nous reproduisons ici est orné de feuilles et de boutons de nénuphar. Des grenouilles, posées sur les feuilles, suivent le vol des bestioles qui garnissent le haut du col. L’exécution de ce vase est grasse, et l’artiste semble se jouer des difficultés que présente le repoussé du métal.
D’autres pièces, en cuivre, acier martelé ou argent battu, sont également à retenir”.
M. P.-Verneuil L’Art Décoratif au Salon de la Société Nationale, Art et Décoration, 1907, vol. I, pp. 170 & 171
Art et Décoration, 1907, vol. I, p. 175 and p. 2 from the March supplement
“M. John Dunand est un des techniciens et un des décorateurs les plus habiles et les plus originaux qu’il y ait aujourd’hui parmi les artistes qui travaillent les métaux. Il a composé de grands vases de cuivre ou d’acier. Leurs formes sont frustes, hardies et pures. Leur modelé au marteau est robuste et raffiné. Leur décor, repoussé et ciselé sur le corps du vase, et parfois incrusté, offre des frises et des corbeilles de bourgeons, de crosses végétales, de pousses nouvelles, de jeunes feuilles fraîchement côtelées et demi-enroulées encore. La couleur du métal, acier, cuivre, ou bronze, est chaude, nuancée, toujours belle, et M. Dunand sait la faire contribuer à la décoration avec une ingéniosité et avec un goût exquis, comme dans ce vase à panse courte et bulbeuse où des grenouilles, posées sur le bronze vert des feuilles de nénuphars tendent l’oeil vers les mouches d’or incrustées dans le haut col de cuivre rouge”.
L’Art décoratif, January 1909, p. 15
Félix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, London 1991, p, 16 : “Mais ce qui le marque encore plus (Maurice Verneuil, rapporteur de l’exposition au Salon de la Nationale), c’est un vase en bronze doré orné de feuilles et de boutons de nénuphars tandis que des grenouilles en haut-relief posées sur les feuilles à la base du vase “tendent leurs yeux torves pour suivre le vol des bestioles”, mouches d’or et d’argent que Dunand a disposées le long du col. “L’exécution de ce vase est grasse et l’artiste semble jouer des difficultés que représente le repoussé du métal avec une facilité déconcertante”. Ailleurs, dans la revue Architecture du 16 juin 1907, Maximilien Gauthier relève : ” Il convient de louer grandement le magistral envoi de M. Dunand, vases de cuivre, vases de bronze, vases d’acier martelé, saucières d’argent. Ces objets sont d’une étude savante, particulièrement le grand vase du centre dont la décoration concentrée à la partie haute, faite de repoussé et de ciselure, donne un très agréable épanouissement de la matière, d’un effet peu commun”. p.. 133 and p. 293, n. 873
COLOCYNTH VASE, CIRCA 1900
Bronze with a medal patina decorated with four insects
Signed Ch. Thiénot
13.2 cm. high
MURAL PORTE-DOCUMENTS, CIRCA 1900
Wood and embossed copper
Fire-stamped monogram on the back, decoration of leaves and burrs of plane trees
32 cm. high; 44.5 cm. in maximum width
Bibliography
Karin Blanc, Ferronnerie en Europe au XXème siècle, éditions Monelle Hayot, 2015, ill. p. 156
PITCHER, CIRCA 1900
Important pitcher in green marble, decorated with algae, brown patinated bronze mount, embellished with aquatic plants
30 cm. high
RARE TEA SERVICE, CIRCA 1900
Design attributed to Lucien Hirtz (1864-1928)
Chased silver and vermeil, comprising a teapot, a sugar bowl, and a milk jug decorated with flowers and leaves
Signed F. Boucheron, with silversmith marks
The teapot: 13 cm. high; 18.5 cm. long
The sugar bowl: 8 cm. high; 13.75 cm. long
Bibliography
Compare the design of the teapot with another one in Tony Bouilhet, L’Orfèvrerie française au XXe siècle, éditions Emile-Paul frères, Paris, inset plate
The Report of the International Jury of the Universal Exhibition of 1900, imprimerie nationale, Paris, 1902, pp. 59 to 61, mentions:
“Tea service composed by Hirtz, chiselled by Richard (coffee pot at the Museum of Decorative Arts)”
We have not found this coffee pot in the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts
A teapot produced by Frédéric Boucheron is illustrated in: Tony Bouilhet, L’Orfèvrerie française au XXème siècle, Émile-Paul frères editions, Paris, 1903 model
In 1907, at Hébrard, he exhibited a silver and vermeil tea and coffee service, the teapot of which is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue. This same service will be exhibited by Hébrard at the Buenos Aires International Exhibition of 1911
PANEL, CIRCA 1906
Metal lacquered panel, silver overlays and mother-of-pearl inlays
Signed
43.5 x 63 cm
Exhibition
Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé / The Goldsmith and Japan, Wartski, Londres, 10-20th May 2011, n°67 of the catalogue, ill. p. 39
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, 1906, vol. I, page 187, “Les Arts décoratifs aux salons”. Mention of Gaillard's lacquered panels with mother-of-pearl inlays inspired by Japanese art.
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Anna Blake, acquired directly from the artist
“L'ENLEVEMENT D'EUROPE”, CIRCA 1880
Enamel on copper
10 x 12.5 cm
After the right hand side of the painting titled “L'enlèvement d'Europe”, circa 1869 by Gustave Moreau and kept at the Musée d'Orsay
Bibliography
The painting illustrated in: Pierre-Louis Mathieu “Gustave Moreau / Monographie et nouveau catalogue de l'Oeuvre achevé“, ACR édition, 1998, page 58
LADY BAG, CIRCA 1900
Supple veal, embossed, patinated and gilded on both sides, decorated with branches, leaves and berries
Inside, doubled with chamois leather, compartments in leather and shot silk containing a small toilet bag in its leather case, mirror, powder compact and tiny purse covered in chamois leather
17 x 26 cm (when closed)
Bibliography
Comparer à des pochettes à peu près identiques reproduites dans l'Art Décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, 1901, planches 99 et 100
SMALL CASKET, CIRCA 1900
Pâte d’émail
Signed
5 cm. high; 8 cm. long; 5 cm. wide
The mount attributed to Castel-Cléret (the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts catalogue
of 1910 mentions Brateau objects mounted by the firm of Castel-Cléret).
Bibliography
Janine Bloch-Dermant, Guidargus de la Verrerie, 1988, ill. p. 323
PAIR OF VASES, CIRCA 1900
Marble. Gilt bronze mount with a design of thistle leaves
50 cm. high
HAND MIRROR, CIRCA 1900
Gilt bronze
Signed and numbered K 592
37 x 14 cm.
Exhibition
Catalogue de la maison Siot-Decauville, ill. p.107
TWO HANDLED FOOTED VASE, 1897
Engraved, repoussé and applied silver
Signed CARDEILHAC and bearing Minerva and makers marks
30.5 cm. high
Exhibition
Salon de la Libre Esthétique, 1897
Bibliography
Victor Champier, L’Exposition Universelle de Bruxelles (2ème article) – L’Art et l’Industrie en Belgique – l’Exposition Française,
Revue des Arts Décoratifs, 1897, ill. p. 389: “M. Cardeilhac se distinguait par des vases exécutés au repoussé, d’une composition particulièrement élégante”.
CARVED WOODEN TRAY, CIRCA 1900
Mother-of-pearl inlay decorated with five bathers
22.5 x 54.5 cm.
Exhibition
Exposition de l’Ecole de Nancy, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris 1903
Provenance
Formerly in the Benedict Silverman collection, New York
LUCIENNE FUCHS – PANEL, CIRCA 1910
Repoussé leather representing an undergrowth landscape in relief
Signed lower right
80 x 36 cm.
HENRI EDMOND BECKER – VASE, CIRCA 1900
Patinated bronze with a design of stylized leaves
Signed
20 cm. high
PURSE CLASPS, CIRCA 1900
Silver and turquoise with a stylised floral design
One is signed G. FOUQUET and numbered 5325
19 cm. wide
15.8 cm. wide
BONBONNIERE, CIRCA 1900
Repoussé hammered copper. The lid is decorated with mushrooms
Signed Paul Brindeau and bearing the monogram
12.2 x 7 cm.
PORTE-LETTRES, CIRCA 1900
Mahogany and patinated copper with a design of mistletoe
Openwork corners
24 cm. high
32.3 cm. wide
Literature
Karin Blanc, Ferronnerie en Europe au XXème siècle, éditions Monelle Hayot, 2015, ill. p. 156
BONBONNIERES, CIRCA 1900
Hammered copper. The lid is decorated with a cherry branch, three cherries and a leaf in hammered copper
Signed with the monogram of the artist
7 cm. high
13.5 cm. diameter
Patinated hammered copper
Bearing the monogram of the artist
9.7 cm. diameter
4.2 cm. high
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.
