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FRENCH – PAIR OF BALUSTER VASES, CIRCA 1870

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

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KELLER & GUERIN – WALL PLATE, CIRCA 1900

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

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ERNEST BUSSIERE – KELLER & GUERIN – “MARRON” JUG, 1903

“MARRON” JUG, 1903
Earthenware decorated with low-fired iridescent glaze heightened in gold
Signed KG / Lunéville / Bussière
14 cm. high

A similar example is to be found at the Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, inv. Corbin

Exhibition
Exposition de l’Ecole de Nancy, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1903

Bibliography
Céramiques végétales / Ernest Bussière et l’art nouveau, Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, 21 June-25 September 2000, n. 35 ill p. 41

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JOSEPH ET PIERRE MOUGIN – “QUI S’Y FROTTE, S’Y PIQUE” PLANTER, 1909

“QUI S’Y FROTTE, S’Y PIQUE” PLANTER, 1909
Grès with green, yellow, pink, purple and beige glazes
Signed J. Mougin and J. 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

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THEODORE DECK – PLATE, CIRCA 1900

PLATE, CIRCA 1900
Polychrome cloisonné enamel decorated with dragonflies and a vegetal decor
Signed
50 cm.

Bibliography
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma Editions, 2015, ill. p. 128

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EMILE DECOEUR – PITCHER, CIRCA 1900

PITCHER, CIRCA 1900
Sang-de-boeuf glaze, decorated with a relief decoration of grape
Monogrammed, marked with an impressed trefoil, and numbered 3-12
36.8 cm. high

Exhibition
Kunstgewerbemuseums der Stadt Köln, 10 April-28 July 1974 for another example of this design
Kestner-Museum Hannover, 22 August-3 November 1974 for another example of this design
Hessischen Landesmuseum Darmstadt, 12 December-2 February 1975 for another example of this design

Bibliography
Sammlung Maria und Hans-Jörgen Heuser, Französische Keramik zwischen 1850 und 1910, Hamburg, Prestel-Verlag München,
1974, plate n. 21 and p. 218, n. 167 in the exhibition catalogue

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HENRI DE VALLOMBREUSE – PITCHER, CIRCA 1900

PITCHER, CIRCA 1900
Grès with a light blue overlay and streaks
The handle in serpentine shape; the mount in pewter decorated with an enamel turquoise pattern
Signed
23 cm. high

Bibliogaphy
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma Editions, 2015,
ill. p. 358

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CHARLES VITAL-CORNU – SUSSE FRERES – A COLOCYNTH VASE, CIRCA 1900

A COLOCYNTH VASE, CIRCA 1900
Porcelain, beige, brown and blue, featuring a woman holding the neck of a coloquinte
Signed Vital Cornu and Susse Fres Ed.
12.5 cm. high

Bibliography
Pierre Cadet, Susse Frères, 150 years of sculpture, p. 205, for the model in bronze, n. 427
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma Editions, 2015,, ill p. 365