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CUP, CIRCA 1900
Openwork white porcelain; polychrome enamelled
The rim, base and the decor are highlighted with gold
Signed with the monogram of the artist
8.5 cm. high
Exhibition
Jugendstil aus Münchener Privatbesitz, Museum Villa Stuck, Münich 1972, n. 47
Provenance
Private collection Prof. Kurt Liebermeister, Munich
UMBRELLA HANDLE, CIRCA 1900
Orange lacquered wood and mottled black; chased silver rings decorated with thistles
Each ring bears the signature of Vever, with silversmith’s marks
30.8 cm. high
Exhibition
Maison Vever, 9 rue de la Paix, Paris, Dans l’intimité de Vever, bijoux et objets d’art depuis 1821,
June 1st – August 11th, 2023
A SET OF FOUR PLATES, CIRCA 1900
Enamelled earthenware; butterflies and floral decoration in shades of green,
blue and pink on a pale blue background
Bearing the monogram AD S at the back (Albert Dammouse Sèvres)
24 cm. diameter
A GINKO BILOBA CEILING LIGHT, CIRCA 1910
Bronze, wrought iron, the shade in glass by Daum Nancy
Signed
51 cm. high; 36 cm. diameter
TEA SET, CIRCA 1900
Silver and vermeil with a decor of flowers and fruits in the manner of Japanese Art
Comprising: a teapot, a sugar bowl, milk jug, a spoon. The cup and the saucer in polychome porcelain decorated with flowers
In its original box
With French Minerva mark and silversmith’s mark
Teapot: 12.5 cm. high
Sugar bowl: 8 cm. high
Milk jug: 4.2 cm. high
Cup: 4.7 cm. high
PLATE, CIRCA 1900
Grés, decorated with honesty leaves
Numbered 4234, stamped signature
18.6 cm. diameter
CARVED WOODEN TRAY, CIRCA 1900
Representing a lyre player and a singer or a
poetess on a crescent moon and an undergrowth background
The back is carved with a decor of bird and branches
Bears an old label and numbered 18, signed lower left L. Hestaux
33 x 16.5 x 2 cm.
Acquired directly from the family in May 2008
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
PURSE CLASP AND CHAIN, 1913
Chased silver; patinated and applied with a decor of leaves
Signed Louis Mathey, with silversmith mark LM (cat)
Exhibition
Salon de la Société des artistes français, Paris 1913
Bibliography
The Paris Salons, 1895-1914, Jewelry, vol. II, p. 107
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
BEAKER, “LA VIGNE”, CIRCA 1900
Beige ceramic with brown and orange streaks, decorated with a bacchus head and a nude
bacchanale holding vine branches with blue leaves and grapes
Bearing the monogram VC, signed Susse Frs Ed.
12.3 cm. high
Bibliography
Pierre Cadet, Susse Frères, 150 years of sculpture, p. 205, n. 428, for the model in bronze
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma Editions, 2015, ill. p. 365
UMBRELLA HANDLE, CIRCA 1900
Silver gilt representing the dancer Loie Fuller
With silversmith and French Minerva marks
13 cm. long
Bibliography
A similar object, with 8 pegs and its original box of Bel Frères in Marseille, attributed to
“J. Pinto, France” was sold on April 24, 1971 to Parke-Bernet Galleries New York
Important Art New Jewelry & Objects of Virtue, Lot n.14
PEWTER BEAKERS AND PLATES, CIRCA 1900
Beaker in chased pewter, decorated with ivy branches
Signed; inscribed: Lo puede lo que quiere (We can what we want). Model of 1887
11 cm. high
Bibliography
Similar example is part of the collections of the Musée d’Orsay, inv. N. DO 1986-79; illustrated in the catalogue
des Arts décoratifs, Musée d’Orsay, p. 43
Beaker in chased pewter, decorated with clovers
Signed; inscibed: numero Deus impare gaudet (God likes the odd number)
17 cm. high
Bibliography
Art et décoration, 1897, vol. II, p. 103
Roger Marx, La Décoration et les Industries d’Art à l’Exposition Universelle de 1900, Paris, Ch. Delagrave, 1901, ill. p. VII
Plate in pewter, decor of leaves and nuts
21 cm. diameter
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
Société nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1901
Bibliography
Paul Vitry, L’Orfèvrerie à l’Exposition, Art et Décoration, December 1900, p. 171 : “Contentons-nous de signaler ses plats
exposés pour la première fois cette année: celui aux chrysanthèmes et celui aux noisettes, ainsi qu’une petite pendule
et un service à bière…”
La Revue de la bijouterie, joaillerie, orfèvrerie, November 1901, ill. p. 245
L’Art décoratif aux Salons de 1901, librairie d’Art décoratif, Armand Guérinet éditeur, pl. 87
Vever Henri, La bijouterie française au XIXème siècle, Vol. 3, p. 468
Plate in pewter; decorated with chrysanthemums
30 cm. diameter
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
Société nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1901
Bibliography
Paul Vitry, L’Orfèvrerie à l’Exposition, Art et Décoration, December 1900, p. 171 : “Contentons-nous de signaler ses plats
exposés pour la première fois cette année : celui aux chrysanthèmes et celui aux noisettes, ainsi qu’une petite pendule
et un service à bière…”
La revue des arts décoratifs, 1901, p. 281
Revue de la bijouterie, joiaillerie, orfèvrerie, November 1901, ill. p. 245
A PAIR OF ENAMELLED CREAM JARS, CIRCA 1900
Acid-etched and enamelled glass with foil inclusions; original stoppers
Wheel engraved signature
8.5 cm. high
“WOMAN WITH FAN”, CIRCA 1905
Polychrome patinated porcelain
Signed Decoeur céramiste and P.Moreau-Vauthier; stamped with the clover mark
and numbered 5
31 cm. high Sold
“WOMAN WITH MUFF”, CIRCA 1905
Polychrome patinated porcelain
Signed by both artists, stamped with the clover mark and numbered 24
31.5 cm. high
BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1900
Bronze with a black patina and decorated with a woman’s mask on one side and a mask of a
bearded man on the other side
Signed, with foundry mark H. LUPPENS & Cie / Bronzes d’Art / BRUXELLES
48 cm. high
CANDLESTICK, CIRCA 1900
Bronze
29 cm. high
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, 1901, vol. I, ill. p. 87
L ‘Art Décoratif, April 1901, ill. p. 28
“LE SOMMEIL”, CIRCA 1900
Bronze with a brown patina
Signed, with foundry mark, stamped N; the base is stamped SOMMEIL
30 cm. high
Exhibition
Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 1901
Bibliography
La Revue des Arts Décoratifs, 1901, ill. p. 260
PAIR OF SILVER SERVICE PIECES, CIRCA 1900
The shovels shaped as foliage; the handle in flower buds
Signed in full, with French Minerva and silversmith’s marks
23.5 cm. long
22 cm. long
“SWANS” SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS, AFTER 1901
Gilt metal and Baccarat crystal
Each stamped CHRISTOFLE, one numbered 1964008 and the other 2012839
11 x 13.5 cm.
PLANT STAND, CIRCA 1900
Wrought iron
69 cm. high
92 cm. wide
The vase is sold separately
Bibliography
Karin Blanc, Ferronnerie en Europe au XXème siècle, éditions Monelle Hayot, 2015, ill. p. 195
UNIKAT VASE, CIRCA 1905
Decorated with flowers and water lilies
Bearing the monogram of the artist and numbered 464
38 cm. high
“ADAM ET EVE”, OR “L’ETREINTE”, OR “PARADIS PERDU”, 1903
Bronze with a green patina; on a streaked green marble stepped base
33 cm. high
Exibition
Art de l’Ivoire, 1903, Musée Galliéra
Salon de la Société des Artistes français, 1905, Arts Décoratifs section, n. 5017 for the sculpture in ivory owned by the Ville de Paris
Exposition de la statuette et du meuble qui l’accompagne, Palais Galliéra, 1914, n. 379
Inaugural Exposition of French Art in the California Palace of the Legion of Honor,
Lincoln Park, San Francisco, California, 1924-1925, for the example in bronze exhibited under n. 197
Bibliography
Maurice Rheims, The flowering of Art Nouveau, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, n.d., the example in ivory ill. p. 203, n. 250
L’Estampille, March 1983, p. 63, n. 155 for the original example in plaster coming from the
estate of Théodore Rivière, and described as “Adam et Eve enlacés, le visage de l’homme enfoui dans le creux de l’épaule de sa compagne qui, angoissée, regarde le ciel…”.
Mrs Alma de Bretteville Spreckels donated an example in bronze of this sculpture to the
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, inv. 1937-8-6, 1948, which is
now in the collections of the Maryhill Museum, Maryhill, Washington, USA, inv.:14-19.
An example in ivory was acquired by the Ville de Paris for the collections of the Musée Galliéra, 1906. It is now at the Petit
Palais, Paris, inv. O.GAL.12.
No other examples are known to exist.
“CROCUS” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Mottled and hammered glass vase with purple inclusions
The flowers are padded and carved
Signed
30 cm. high
