BRETONNE A LA COIFFE, 1904
Biscuit
Signed. Bearing the manufacturer seal for 1904 and the initials HR for Henri Robert (molder)
This model was also edited in bronze
11 x 12 cm.
SMALL VASE, CIRCA 1900
Green stoneware with orange-brown nuances and crystallizations on one side. The mount by Gustave Keller in silver with a decor in spiral of flowering branches embellished with small coral beads. Signed with the circular stamp, silver hallmark (twice) on the mount, with silversmith mark and G. KELLER in full letter
Height: 14.5 cm.
A PAIR OF CHARMING PLATES, CIRCA 1900
One decorated with flowers and leaves in polychrome enamel, signed at the back AD / S and
numbered 9, the other with a crab amidst seaweeds in polychrome enamel, signed at the back AD / S.
Diameter: 13 cm.
“DANSEUSE TAMBOURIN A DROITE, N. 4, 1ERE GRANDEUR”
Biscuit
Signed and bearing the manufacturer's stamps
Height: 49 cm.
Identical model in the following public collections:
Frankfort, Museum für Kunsthandwerk
Hambourg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
Copenhagen, Kunst-Industri-Museet
London, Victoria & Albert Museum
Saint-Petersbourg, Ermitage
Sèvres, musée national de Céramique
Bibliography Agathon Léonard , Le geste Art nouveau, Somogy éditions d'art, 2003, ill. p. 51 n. 12 in the exhibition catalogue at the museums of Roubaix and Beauvais
IMPRESSIVE TERRACOTTA VASE, 1876-1881
Terracotta vase featuring blooming roses on a dark green background
Bearing the artist’s monogram within the decor and impressed with the manufacturer’s stamp: Haviland & Cie/Limoges/75/2
Height: 31 cm.
Diameter: 32 cm.
Bibliography Emaux atmosphériques : la céramique impressionniste, 26 Avril-4 November 2001, Musée Fournaise and Laurent d’Albis, Chatou, n. 32, Rouen 2010, p.112-113
COVERED POT, CIRCA 1890-1895
Grès covered pot, the base and cover in gilt bronze
Impressed signature “à la grenade éclatée”
Bears a label of L’Escalier de Cristal
Height: 25 cm
“AUTOMNE” RARE VASE, CIRCA 1906
Grès. Baluster shaped with an elongated neck, decorated with a leafy branch in high relief. The glaze, in
the usual manner of the school of Carriès, is applied as a”guilloché” surface in a rotating movement
Handwritten signature under the vase, 623 L and 68467/EB in ink
Height: 45 cm.
COLOQUINTE VASE, 1901
Fruit-shaped porcelain with a beige coloured glaze, the stopper simulating the stem
Bearing the manufacturer’s triangular inkstamp for 1901
16.8 cm. high
ALEXANDRE SANDIER (1843-1916), form designer
HENRI-LOUIS-LAURENT ULRICH, decorator
LÉONARD GEBLEUX (1861-1930), decor designer
“Vase de Montchanin”, 1896
White porcelain glazed blue with a stylized floral pattern
Bearing the manufacturer’s oval stamp for 1899
23 cm. high
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, 1900
ALEXANDRE SANDIER (1843-1916), form designer
DENIS LIGUÉ (active at Sèvres between 1881 and 1911), decorator
“Vase de Monchanin”, 1896
White porcelain glazed polychrome with a floral pattern
Bearing the triangular manufacturer’s stamp for 1900 and decoration mark for 1904
23 cm. high
ALEXANDRE SANDIER (1843-1916), form designer
“Vase de Montchanin”, 1896
White porcelain glazed pink, red and gold with a decor of waterlilies
Bearing the triangular manufacturer’s stamp
23 cm. high
“ALENCON” PAIR OF VASES, 1902
Flamed porcelain, on a dark purple background enhanced with color with green crystallization in the manner of Chinese effect.
Marked PN (for pâte nouvelle) and bearing the manufacturer’s stamp for 1902
Height: 43 cm.
Diameter: 18 cm.
PITCHER, CIRCA 1900
Red-brown enamelled grès with ocher streaks. The handle featuring a flower stem
Signed Théo PERROT, and numbered 87 incised under the base
Height: 15.5 cm.
IMPORTANT PLATE, 1903
Enamelled design of three blooming red flowers on a green background highlighted with purple, red, green and brown foliage
Stamped A.Dammouse – S
Diameter: 42 cm.
“ANDROMEDE” EXCEPTIONAL PITCHER, CIRCA 1893-1906
Grès, brown-green glaze with sang de boeuf dripping
Stamped twice
Height: 28.5 cm.
Exhibition Adrien Dalpayrat (1844-1910) – Céramiste de l’Art Nouveau, 1998
Fondation Neumann, Gingins, Switzerland
Kreismuseum Zons, Germany
Musée de l’Ile de France, Sceaux, France
Museum voor Sierkunst & Vormgeving, Gent, Belgium
Bibliography
Horst Makus & al., Adrien Dalpayrat – Céramique française de l’Art Nouveau, Arnoldsche, 1998, n. 92, p. 147
Provenance
Collection of Jean-Pierre Hassler, Switzerland
“PETALES” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Grès
Height: 27 cm
Very rare model, especially since it is known as made by Keller & Guérin, an example of which is in the collections of the Ecole de Nancy museum (inv. AD 326)
Exhibition Exposition de l'Ecole de Nancy, Paris, 1903 (Model realized by par Keller & Guérin)
Céramiques végétales / Ernest Bussière et l'art nouveau, musée de l'école de Nancy,
21 June – 25 September 2000, n. 60 ill. p. 51
COUPE, CIRCA 1900
Enamelled grès with metallic reflections
Central design of a medallion with an ocher female profile
The side of the plate is decorated with blue, green and purple flowers
Signed with the seal and Saint-Lerche
Diameter: 20 cm.
Bibliography
“En Norvège, la note originale est donnée par M. Lerche, qui expose des plats, des vases, des coupes d’une facture très large et très osée, où le décor arrive même parfois à confusion. Mais l’artiste est un chercheur ; des sculptures très nerveusement modelées, des plateaux ou des corbeilles d’étain montrent son activité et son intelligence de l’ornement. Il a même inauguré quelques essais curieux de motifs de décoration céramique, où la fonte de métal s’unit aux incrustations d’émaux”, Alexandre Sandier La Céramique à l’Exposition (de 1900), Art et Décoration, vol. I, 1901, p.54 and p. 55
At the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts of 1910, Hans Stoltenberg Lerche exhibits a plate in ceramic decorated with a head
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 350