VIDE-POCHE, 1898
Bluish white poreclain
Signed and dated 98. Bearing the manufacturer's stamp
This model is illustrated in the Maison Moderne catalogue under the number 1349-11
20 cm. high
“BRACTEE D’OMBELLE”, CIRCA 1900
Earthenware vase decorated with low-fired metallic iridescent glaze, decorated with leaves and openwork stems
Signed underneath K.G. Lunéville BUSSIERE
28 cm. high
Exhibition Exposition de l’Alliance Provinciale des Industries d’Art, Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, March 1903 Nancy 1900 Jugendstil in Lothringen, Münchner Stadtmuseum, 1980, n. 409, p. 365
Christian Debize, L’Ecole de Nancy, Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 1993, ill. p. 89 Céramiques végétales – Ernest Bussière et l’Art Nouveau – Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, 21 June-25 September 2000, ill. p. 44
A RARE COVERED PITCHER, CIRCA 1890
Glazed stoneware, thickly overlaid with sang-de-boeuf glaze, the lid in vermeil stylized as a flower
Impressed circular signature A DAMMOUSE S (for Sèvres)
with silversmith and French Minerva marks
18.5 cm. high
JAPANESE BOTTLE, CIRCA 1900
Glazed stoneware, multilayered in brown, blue and pink dripping
Signed and numbered 30 underneath
15.5 cm. high
Bibliography
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015,
ill. p. 93
Frédéric Descouturelle, Olivier Pons, La céramique et la lave émaillée d’Hector Guimard, Edition du Cercle Guimard, p. 15
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Maître Francis Lombrail, Paris
VASE, CIRCA 1910
Grès. Grey green dripping on a beige background. The red copper mount is hammered and hand tooled
Impressed signature and bearing the Brandt seal
32 cm. high
PAIR OF BALUSTER VASES, CIRCA 1870
Porcelain green celadon with crackled background. The neck is decorated with two small handles
The mount in gilt bronze with a design of garland wreath; bronze base
Bearing the original label: Maison Alph. GIROUX, F. DUVINAGE et A. HARINKOUK Fournisseur de LL MM l'Empereur et l'Impératrice…
70 cm. high
28 cm. wide
24 cm. deep
WALL PLATE, CIRCA 1900
Aquatic design with a decor of algae and crab. In the center, a woman’s head wearing a helmet in the shape of a shell
The glaze is slightly glossed in purple and green and partially gilded
Signed KG
37 cm. diameter
PAIR OF VASES, 1892-1902
Porcelain with a polychrome design
Shape of F. August Hallin
Both bear the three tower mark
The first numbered 848/58; bears the artist’s initials KK
22 cm. high
The second numbered 1524/58; bears the monogram of Cathinca Olsen
21 cm. high
BRETONNE A LA COIFFE, CIRCA 1900
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.
“QUI S’Y FROTTE, S’Y PIQUE” PLANTER, 1909
Grès with green, yellow, pink, purple and beige glazes
Signed J. Mougin andJ. P. Mougin céramistes underneath
Numbered 3144 and Esquisse de J. Mougin
34 cm. high
39 cm. diameter
Exhibition Exposition Internationale de l’Est de la France, Nancy, 1909
Bibliography Art et Industrie, January 1912
Catalogue de la maison Mougin, 1914, ill. pl. 1, n. 2