“DANSEUSE NUE AUX CYMBALES”, CIRCA 1900
Satin finish rock crystal; the base in fluorspar
Signed
23 cm. high; 31.5 cm. high including the base
A very fine stone carver, Georges Tonnelier worked mainly with the jeweller Falize
His works are only found in museums and major institutions. The Walter Arts Museum in Baltimore,
Maryland has four rock crystal statuettes and one other is at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia
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
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”.
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.
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
HAND MIRROR, CIRCA 1900
Silver
With French Minerva mark
23.5 cm. long
Design probably attributed or in the style of Henry Van de Velde for La maison Moderne
The mirror was made for the German restaurant Konss, designed by the German architect and urban planner Bruno Möhring (1863-1929). On Boulevard des Italiens in Paris, it’s interior decoration was commissioned to La Maison Moderne in 1901. The hand mirror was probably part of a set for the dressing rooms.
“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