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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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