HUGO ELMQVIST – GERDA BACKLUND – “CATKINS” VASE, CIRCA 1902
“CATKINS” VASE, CIRCA 1902
Bronze with a brown patina
Marked HE-T AB E, Gj-metod, Stockholm, DEC. G. Backlund
Bearing the foundry mark HE
11.5 cm. high
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HUGO ELMQVIST – “POPPIES AND BUTTERFLIES” VASE, 1902
“POPPIES AND BUTTERFLIES” VASE, 1902
Bronze with a brown patina, decor in relief
Marked HE-T
39.3 cm. high
COMTE ENGUERRAND DU SUAU DE LA CROIX – PICTURE FRAME, CIRCA 1900
PICTURE FRAME, CIRCA 1900
Polychrome translucent enamels, “plique-à-jour”, silver mount
Modern frame
21.5 x 17 cm.
ADOLPHE TRUFFIER – ALPHONSE DEBAIN SILVERSMITH – A “SAFRAN” VASE, CIRCA 1900
A “SAFRAN” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Silver gilt and blue enamel
With silversmith marks
21 cm. high
Exhibition
Société des Artistes Français, 1899
Exposition Universelle, 1900
Bibliography
Paul Vitry, L’Orfèvrerie à l’Exposition, Art et Décoration, December 1900, ill. p. 174
L’Orfèvrerie aux Salons de 1901, Revue de la Bijouterie, de la Joaillerie et de l’Orfèvrerie, August 1901, ill. p. 130
FRANCOIS BOCQUET – VASE, CIRCA 1905
VASE, CIRCA 1905
Repoussé copper with brown patina
Signed underneath and bearing the inscription Edité par l’auteur à dix exemplaires numérotés. N°1
12 cm. high
16.4 cm. diameter
Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1905
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, August 1905, ill. p. 47
La Décoration Moderne, XIIIème année, ill. pl. 102
ADOLF ERNEST ROBERT HILDEBRAND – “PORTRAIT OF ELEONORA DUSE”, CIRCA 1900
Bronze medallion
Signed with the initials of the artist, titled, and with foundry mark C. LEYRER MUNCHEN
HENRI HUSSON – ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD – PLATE, CIRCA 1900
PLATE, CIRCA 1900
Hammered copper with silver inlays decoration, a cicada in relief
Signed underneath H. Husson, stamped with the artist’s monogram
25.2 x 4.2 cm.
MAURICE BOUVAL – COLIN & CIE – TABLE BELL, CIRCA 1900
TABLE BELL, CIRCA 1900
Gilt bronze
Signed
14.2 cm. high
Bibliography
Albert Thomas, Petits bronzes d’Art, L’ Art Décoratif, February 1901, p. 183 to 189
LEO-VICTOR GARDEY – RING HOLDER, CIRCA 1900
RING HOLDER, CIRCA 1900
Silver, decorated with sunflowers highlighted with gold
Signed
10 cm. high
LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – CHOCOLATE JUG, CIRCA 1900
CHOCOLATE JUG, CIRCA 1900
Silver, vermeil, green stained ivory
The handle in stained ivory
Signed
21 cm. high
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
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, December 1900, p. 163: illustration of a chocolate jug with a different design
L’Art français moderne, January 1916, p. 30
Maurice Rheims, L’Objet 1900, Arts et métiers graphiques, Paris, 1964, identical model decorated with clovers,
red stained ivory, ill. p. 96 , ill. n° 58
Tony Bouilhet, L’Orfèvrerie française au XXème siècle, Émile-Paul frères edition, Paris, (thistles model)
Annelies Krekel-Aalberse, Argenterie Art Nouveau et Art Déco, les éditions de l’amateur, Paris, 1990, ill. p. 79, n. 55 (thistles model)
EDGAR BRANDT – LETTER OPENER, CIRCA 1904
LETTER OPENER, CIRCA 1904
Chased silver
Signed
21.6 cm. long
Bibliography
Similar model illustrated:
L’Art Décoratif, 1904, vol. XII, p. 150
La Décoration Moderne, 13ème année, 1905-1906, pl. 2
Documents de Décoration Moderne – Ferronnerie, pl. 30
JOE DESCOMPS – SUSSE FRERES – SEAL, “TANAGRA”, CIRCA 1900
SEAL, “TANAGRA”, CIRCA 1900
Gilt bronze highlighted with silver
Signed
Original box of La Maison Susse Frères
8.3 cm. high
FRANCOIS FLEURET – VASE IN A SHAPE OF A FLOWERED ARTICHOKE, UNIQUE PIECE, 1903
VASE IN A SHAPE OF A FLOWERED ARTICHOKE, UNIQUE PIECE, 1903
Chased and repoussé silver
The vase resting on cut out and chased silver leaves
With silver mark
Exhibition
Société des Artistes Français, 1903
Bibliography
L’Art Décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, Armand Guérinet éditeur, ill. pl. 182
MATHIEU GALLEREY – PLATE, CIRCA 1906
PLATE, CIRCA 1906
Gilt bronze, decorated with eucalyptus leaves
Signed GALLEREY A PARIS, marked with the artist’s monogram
26.3 cm. high
Identical model in copper at the musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris
Bibliography
Dominique Foret, Marie-Cécile Forest La Dinanderie française 1900-1950 , Les éditions de l’amateur,
1995, example in copper ill. p. 187
JULES DESBOIS – ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD – PLATE “SIRENE”, CIRCA 1900
PLATE “SIRENE”, CIRCA 1900
Bronze with a brown patina; details highlighted with gold and silver
Signed
40 cm. diameter
Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1903
Bibliography
L’Art Décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, 2nd volume, 1903, Armand Guérinet (editor)
ill. pl. 152, 153
GEORGES FOUQUET – CHARLES DESROSIERS – PURSE MOUNT, CIRCA 1902
PURSE MOUNT, CIRCA 1902
Silver, decorated with two fantastic animals, their heads facing each other
and holding a ball in their open mouth
Signed G. FOUQUET PARIS
10.5 cm. high
15.2 cm. long
Bibliography
Les Fouquets, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1983, p. 100
L’Art décoratif, September 1902, ill. p. 254
MAURICE DUFRENE – SAINT-YVES EMILE – LA MAISON MODERNE – CHATELAINE, CIRCA 1900
CHATELAINE, CIRCA 1900
Silver
Comprising: A pills box, a flask salt, a mirror,
a bodkin, a tortoiseshell comb in a silver case
Signed M. Dufrene. With silversmith’s mark
Bibliography
The Paris Salons, 1895-1914, Jewelry, vol. I
EDMOND HENRI BECKER – SNAKE AND APPLE INKWELL, CIRCA 1900
SNAKE AND APPLE INKWELL, CIRCA 1900
Gilt bronze
Signed BECKER
9 cm. high
CHARLES-EMILE JONCHERY – MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1900
MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1900
Gilt bronze, decorated with flowers and writhing vines encircling a woman’s face
Signed
38 cm. high
27 cm. wide
16 cm. deep
EDMOND HENRI BECKER – LEBLANC-BARBEDIENNE – IMPORTANT CARTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1900
IMPORTANT CARTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1900
Gilt and chased bronze; the medallions bearing the names of the four seasons
Signed E. Becker, F. Barbedienne, marked FUGIT IRREPARABILE TEMPUS
90 cm. high
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, 1900
Bibliography
Les Industries d’Art à l’Exposition Universelle de 1900, from Victor Champier, published by la Revue des Arts Décoratifs, Paris 1902
EDMOND HENRI BECKER – SARAH BERNHARDT IN “GISMONDA”, CIRCA 1900
SARAH BERNHARDT IN “GISMONDA”, CIRCA 1900
Carved gilt bronze medallion, light relief
Bearing the monogram of the artist
Based on the etching of Théobald CHARTRAN, engraved by Adolphe LAMOTTE
21.3 x 15.3 cm.
This model was also made as a gilt bronze medal (3.5 x 2.2 cm.) with the following inscription
on the back: Becker according Chartran and FIX. Fix was the name used by the jeweler Savard
EDMOND HENRI BECKER – SUSSE FRERES – “FRAISIA” BOX, CIRCA 1905
“FRAISIA” BOX, CIRCA 1905
Patinated gilt bronze
Signed Becker and Susse Frs Edt Paris
7.5 cm. high
20 cm. wide
11 cm. deep
Bibliography
Illustrated in the catalogue of Susse Frères, p. 17, n. 162
LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – VASE, CIRCA 1900
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Silver
Marked CARDEILHAC PARIS with the letter A, with silversmith’s mark and french Minerva mark
18.5 cm. high
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
CAMILLE COLOT – HAND MIRROR, CIRCA 1900
HAND MIRROR, CIRCA 1900
Hammered and patinated copper
Signed
40.5 cm. long