“POMMES DE PIN” COFFEE SERVICE, 1902
Comprising four cups and saucers and one sugar bowl porcelain with a relief decoration of pinecone scales
Bearing the manufacturer’s marks S/1905, pâte nouvelle
Sugar bowl: 14.2 cm. high
Each cup: 6.8 cm. high
Each saucer: 13 cm. diameter
Another example of the sugar bowl is part of the collections of the Château-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer (INV. 480L)
Exhibition
1904, St. Louis: Exposition internationale
BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1900
Ceramic with a white glaze mottled in gray and pink. Decor in light incised relief and reddish-brown enamel of three chestnut leaves
Signed ROBALBHEN, Henri LAURENT-DESROUSSEAUX and located Paris
26 cm. high
Exhibition Europaische Keramik des Jugendstils, Hetjens Museum, Dusseldorf 1974, No.104, p. 86
Bibliography
Paul Arthur French, Art Nouveau Ceramics, An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 234
BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1900
Ceramic with a white glaze mottled in gray and pink. Design in shallow relief, incised and reddish-brown enamel of three chestnut leaves
Signed ROBALBHEN, Henri LAURENT-DESROUSSEAUX and located Paris
25.5 cm. high
Exhibition Europaische Keramik des Jugendstils, Hetjens Museum, Dusseldorf 1974, No.104, p. 86
SMALL PLATE, CIRCA 1900
Repoussé copper with a polychrome enameled design of a sand thistle with white petals.The heart is opalized
Decor of green leaves on a red background
Unsigned
16 cm. diameter
SMALL POT, CIRCA 1900
Japanese inspiration
Grès overlaid with dark green glaze with a design of three incised cercles
Signed and numbered 61
12.5 cm. high
SMALL CYLINDRICAL VASE, CIRCA 1900
Brown and ocher glazed grés
The decor is incised with applied drippings
Signed with the initials of the artist E.G
7 cm. high
CORNER FLOWER POT, CIRCA 1900
Inspired by japanese flowerpots
Grès overlaid with reddish-brown and beige glaze and green drippings
Signed
14.2 cm. high
RARE VASE, CIRCA 1900
Incised and sculpted grés representing a datura flower capsule
Incised signature
30.5 cm. high
Bibliography Le Style Moderne – L’Art appliqué, 1ère année, 1904-1905, H. Laurens, éditeur, ill. pl. 3. Der Moderne Stil, 1905, ill. pl. 3.
Marc Ducret et Patricia Monjaret, L’Ecole de Carriès – L’Art céramique à Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, Les éditions de l’amateur, Paris 1997, similar example ill. on a period photograph, p.72
“VASE GOURDE DE BRUYERES”
Pâte Nouvelle (PN) of 1900
Designed by L. Kann, 1899
21 cm. high
Bibliography
Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé, Barbara Mundt, La porcelaine européenne au XIXe siècle, Office du Livre, Fribourg, Suisse, 1983, ill. p. 252, board 413
Jean Paul Midant, SEVRES La Manufacture au XXème siècle, Paris, Michel Aveline Editeur, 1992, p. 38
Provenance
An identical piece in a paler and monochromic shade can be found in the collections of the Musée National de Céramique in Sèvres, inventory n. MNC 25 522
Another item is part of Mobilier National’s collection
A third piece is in the collection of the Musée National Adrien-Dubouché in Limoges, inventory n. 7704
“CHARDONS” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Turquoise and brown ceramic, with two handles in the shape of horns, imitating Chinese vases
Silver mount adorned with thistles
Small warranty silver and Lucien Gaillard hallmarks LG seal in a rectangle
8 cm. high
Bibliography
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau – The French Aesthetic, Andreas Papadakis publisher, London, 2002, ill. p. 399
Provenance
Lillian Nassau, New York, acquired in 1994
COUPE, 1899
Footed coupe in brown stoneware engraved with flowers and leaves in relief and embellished with cream-colored flowers and green leaves in porcelain, the inside of the neck covered in sang-de-boeuf and turquoise blue enamel
Impressed circular stamp signature
12.5 cm high
Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1899
Bibliography Art et Décoration, July 1899, pages 4 and 104
PLATE
Deep plate in porcelain, with cutout edges on a basketwork background, decorated with a bird on a branch in Japanese taste on a lacustrine landscape background, polychrome enamels with blue edges
Signed on the back Dammouse et Sèvres 731 and Tiffany & Co in fine gold
24 cm in diameter
VASE DE CHAMPROSAY, 1ERE GRANDEUR, 1900
Gourd-shaped, covered in blue and green overlaid
Designed by Alphonse Sandoz in 1898
Signed with the triangular mark dated 1900
14,5 cm. high
Exhibition “Sèvres 1900”, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, identical model in dark colored overlaid, ill. p. 30 of the exhibition catalogue, collection of the Musée National de Sèvres, inventory n° 924 1 6.
Bibliography
Jean Paul Midant “Sèvres – La Manufacture au XXème siècle”, Michel Aveline éditeur, 1992, p. 27 : Illustration du même vase en 2ème grandeur et à couverte à cristallisations, collection Mobilier National, Paris.
VASE D'APREMONT, 1902
Colocynth vase in hard-pasted new porcelain with faceted body with decor in relief and application of leaves and vine branches wrapped around the vessel, forming two handles
Enamels in lovat green, ochre and brown on yellow background
Designed by Alphonse Sandoz
Bearing the manufacturer's stamp for 1902
35,4 cm. high
An identical vase is in the collection of the Musée National de la Céramique, Sèvres, inventory n°15 913
Exhibition “1900”, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 14 mars – 26 juin 2000, ill. page 282, n°300 of the exhibition catalogue
Bibliography
– E. Molinier “Les plus récents Travaux de la Manufacture de Porcelaine de Sèvres”, Art et Décoration, novembre 1903, reproduit page 364, “Signalons encore une autre innovation : les vases à décor en relief exécuté par le moulage. On trouvera ici quelques échantillons de ces nouvelles pièces, notamment une bouteille de M. Sandoz qui est d'une belle venue. En ce genre et dans cette nouvelle voie on peut produire beaucoup de choses intéressantes”.
– Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé, Barbara Mundt : “La porcelaine européenne au XIXème siècle”, Office du Livre S.A., Fribourg, Suisse, 1983. reproduit page 232, planche 415.
VASE, CIRCA 1910
Stoneware vase in yellow ochre in the shape of a cone turned upside down and sunk neck leaving in reserve four handles, enhanced with lines and dots in gold
Signed
Small firing crack at the base
21,5 cm. high
Bibliography
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics / An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 347
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Colocynth stoneware vase with silver and grey dripping
14 cm. high Sold
Provenance
Collection of Jean-Pierre Hassler, Saint-Georges, Switzerland
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Two-lobed stoneware vase, with incised striae on its bulge, brown-marbled, covered in ocher and grey, pink and dark purple enamel dripping from the neck
Incised signature under the base
13 cm. high
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Maître Francis Lombrail
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Two-lobed stoneware vase, with incised striae on its bulge, covered in yellow ocher, marbled with brown spots and pink with hints of grey enamel dripping from the neck
Unsigned and numbered 91
13 cm. high
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Maître Francis Lombrail
Drouot-Montaigne, 22nd april 1997, lot n° E
Jean-Pierre Hassler collection, Switzerland
VASE WITH GOLDEN SPOTS, CIRCA 1900
Stoneware vase with hemmed neck and incised striae on its bulge, covered in chamois and grey dripping from the neck, enhanced with golden spots
Engraved signature under its base
15 cm. high; 18 cm in diamater
Bibliography L'Estampille, n°32, May 1972, ill. p. 62
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of:
– Alain Blondel, Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris
– Alain Lesieutre, Paris
– Maître Francis Lombrail
– De Quay-Lombrail, Drouot Montaigne, 22 April 1997, lot L
– Jean-Pierre Hassler, Switzerland