FRENCH – CHAMPAGNE GLASS, CIRCA 1900
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
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HENRI HUSSON – ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD – BOWL, 1910
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
HENRI HUSSON – ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD – “SENECON” VASE, CIRCA 1900
“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
JEAN SERRIÈRE – ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD, BONBONNIERE, CIRCA 1900
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
LA MAISON MODERNE – HAND MIRROR, CIRCA 1900
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.
RENE LALIQUE – “HUIT NAIADES” CIRE-PERDUE, CIRCA 1895-1900
“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
EDGAR WILLIAM BRANDT – “ALGUES” LETTER OPENER, CIRCA 1909
“ALGUES” LETTER OPENER, CIRCA 1909
Bronze and wrought copper
Signed
27 cm. long
Bibliography
L’Art Décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, 1909, ill. pl. 26 for a similar design
EDGAR WILLIAM BRANDT – ANDO JUBEI – VASE, CIRCA 1904
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
ALEXANDRE CHARPENTIER – GERARD ROGER SANDOZ – PITCHER, CIRCA 1892
PITCHER, CIRCA 1892
Bronze with a brown patina
Signed and marked “G. Roger Sandoz éditeur”
22.5 cm. high
ALPHONSE DEBAIN – PAIR OF CUPS AND SAUCERS, CIRCA 1900
PAIR OF CUPS AND SAUCERS, CIRCA 1900
Silver
With maker’s mark and French Minerva mark
The cup: 6 cm. high
The saucer: 16.5 cm. diameter
HENRI HUSSON – “SENECON” VASE, 1905
“SENECON” VASE, 1905
Repoussé red 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
LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – “CHARDONS” TEA, COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE SERVICE, CIRCA 1895
“CHARDONS” TEA, COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE SERVICE, CIRCA 1895
Comprising coffee pot, teapot, cream jug, chocolate whisk, sugar bowl and cover, and sugar tongs
in silver ; samovar, burner, and tray in silver-plated metal ; the handles in stained ivory
Each marked CARDEILHAC PARIS, with Minerva and silversmith marks
The samovar: 38 cm. high
The tray: 67.3 cm. wide
Bibliography
Dedo Von Kerssenbrock-Krosigt, Modern Art of Metalwork – Bröhan Museum,
Berlin, 2001, p. 385 (chocolate pot with mistletoe design illustrated)
Between 1894 and 1899, Lucien Bonvallet designed several silverware pieces intended
for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, all decorated with a vegetal pattern such as thistles,
columbines, mistletoe, clovers, etc.
These models were exhibited on the occasion of a retrospective dedicated to Lucien Bonvallet
in January and February 1913, at the Pavillon de Marsan, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
RENE LALIQUE – “SERPENT” DESK MAGNIFYING GLASS, CIRCA 1900
“SERPENT” DESK MAGNIFYING GLASS, CIRCA 1900
Brown patinated bronze, designed as two coiling snakes holding a citrine cabochon in their fangs
Signed
Possibly unique
No other example known to exist
27 cm. long
JULES DESBOIS – MIRROR, CIRCA 1900
MIRROR, CIRCA 1900
In sculpted and patinated wood; with its box in sculpted and patinated wood
The mirror and the box signed
Mirror: 39 x 14,6 cm.
Box: 43 x 18 cm.
LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – TREFLES” COFFEE POT, 1900
“TREFLES” COFFEE POT, 1900
Silver, the handles in grooved rosewood
Signed Cardeilhac, with silversmith’s marks
25 cm. high
This model was exhibited at the Exposition universelle of 1900
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, December 1900, p. 163 (Identical model, different decor)
PRINCE BOJIDAR KARAGEORGEVITCH – A RARE SET OF 12 COFFEE SPOONS, CIRCA 1900
A RARE SET OF 12 COFFEE SPOONS, CIRCA 1900
Silver gilt; each one with a different stylized floral decor
Bearing the monogram B
Six of the same spoons are part of the collections of The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, ref. 142-9-1964
They were displayed in the exhibition Art Nouveau – 1890-1914, 6 April – 30 July 2000, Victoria & Albert Museum
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle de 1900, Paris
Bibliography
Roger Marx, La Décoration et les Industries d’Art à l’Exposition Universelle de 1900, Delagrave éditeur, Paris 1901, p. 71
L’Art Décoratif, February 1902, p. 204
Greenhalgh, Paul Ed., Art Nouveau 1890-1914, V&A Publications, London, 2000, ill. p. 235
Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch as a silversmith, London, The Magazine of Art, January 1901, p. 185
HENRI HUSSON – FOOTED BOWL, CIRCA 1900
FOOTED BOWL, CIRCA 1900
Silver, the foot with a chased motif of ivy branches and leaves and with an insect
Signed
14 cm. high
LUCIEN BONVALLET- ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – WULLSCHLAGER – A VASE, CIRCA 1900
A VASE, CIRCA 1900
Silver with engraved and gilt decoration of flowers
Signed Cardeilhac, Orf. Paris / Bonvallet, dess. / Wullschlager, grav., marked CARDEILHAC PARIS
and with French Minerva and silversmith marks
21 cm. high
Bibliography
Revue des Arts Décoratifs, 1896
HENRI HUSSON – ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD – PLATE IN THE FORM OF A RAY, CIRCA 1907-1908
PLATE IN THE FORM OF A RAY, CIRCA 1907-1908
Patinated bronze, hammered and patinated copper with gold inlay
Signed h husson and stamped with foundry mark A.Hebrard/Paris
38.1 x 28.6 cm.
Exhibition
1900, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 14 March-26 June 2000, p. 286, n. 312 in the exhibition catalogue
COMTE ENGUERRAND DU SUAU DE LA CROIX – GABRIELLE DEBILLEMONT-CHARDON – MEDALLION, UNIQUE PIECE, CIRCA 1900
MEDALLION, UNIQUE PIECE, CIRCA 1900
Medallion with the portrait of a woman (by G. Debillemont-Chardon) encircled in a silver mount decorated with plique-à-jour enamels and opal cabochons; the chain in gold
The medallion signed lower right and the mount signed Cte DU SUAU / DE LA CROIX
10.5 cm. diameter
Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1903
Exposition de la Parure précieuse de la Femme, Musée Galliéra, 1908
Bibliography
L’Art Décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, 1ère exposition, 1903, pl. 253
Exposition de la Parure précieuse de la Femme, Musée Galliéra, Librairie d’Art décoratif, 1908, Armand Guérinet éditeur, pl. 65
Provenance
Marquise de Polignac
HENRI HUSSON – SPOON, CIRCA 1900
SPOON, CIRCA 1900
Ribbed silver, the handle decorated with leaves and beetles in relief
With silversmith and French Minerva marks
25 cm. long
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of the late Nourhan Manoukian
HECTOR GUIMARD – PAUL PHILIPPON – VASE, CIRCA 1900
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Gilt bronze with a relief decoration of swirls
26.7 cm. high
Exhibition
Hector Guimard, March 1970-April 1971: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
Bibliography
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau: The French Aesthetic, Andreas Papadakis Publisher, London, 2002, ill. p. 34-35
Exposition Guimard, Musée d’Orsay, Paris 1992, p. 258, ill. 1, n. 65 in the album dedicated to the Castel Béranger; for the design in stoneware, n. 4
New Architecture, Number 6, October 2000, Andreas Papadakis publisher, in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum, ill. p. 8
Hector Guimard, March 1970-April 1971, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, ill. p. 33, n. 82 in the exhibition catalogue
EUGENIE O’KIN – UMBRELLA HANDLE, CIRCA 1910
UMBRELLA HANDLE, CIRCA 1910
Carved and patinated ivory shaped as a corncob, each grain inlaid with a gold nail in its center
Signed
16.3 cm. high
LOUIS HESTAUX – CARVED WOODEN TRAY, CIRCA 1900
CARVED WOODEN TRAY, CIRCA 1900
Representing a lyre player and a singer or a
poetess on a crescent moon and an undergrowth background
The back is carved with a decor of bird and branches
Bears an old label and numbered 18, signed lower left L. Hestaux
33 x 16.5 x 2 cm.
Acquired directly from the family in May 2008