WALL-MOUNTED FOUNTAIN, CIRCA 1883–1885
Brown sandstone with high-relief decoration for the basin, depicting a gallant scene glazed in ochre-yellow and highlighted with gold
The fish-mouth spout is framed by a frog, a carp, and water lilies, glazed in yellow, green, and gold
Lid decorated with an eagle on a branch. The basin is decorated with a frieze of fish and glazed water lilies
Marked with a stamped signature bearing the number 99/R3/B1
The fountain is presented on its carved wooden panel
Height: 124 cm.
Bibliography Jean d’Albis, Ernest Chaplet 1835-1909, Les Presses de la Connaissance, Paris, 1976, page 38
IMPORTANT LAMP, CIRCA 1900
Triple glass with metallic powder inclusions with a design of butterflies on the shade on a arborescent landscape. Fired polished and hammered
The mount in patinated bronze
Etched signature
TEA SERVICE, CIRCA 1900
Silver tea set, finely chased with scrolls and volute
Comprising:
Tea-pot, coffee-pot, cream jug, sugar bowl
With silversmith mark and French Minerva mark
DECORATIVE ELEMENT, CIRCA 1900
Copper and wrought metal, decorated with three cherries and leaves
Unsigned
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, 1901, vol. II, “Les objets d’art aux Salons”, page 51 : “Ses adaptations de fleurs et de fruits pourront lui donner de très bons résultats s’il se préoccupe de corser un peu plus ses formes”
To be compared with a similar piece presented at the Société nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1904 and illustrated on plates 6 and 7 of L’Art décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, Librairie d’Art décoratif – Armand Guérinet, publisher
Karin Blanc, Ferronnerie en Europe au XXème siècle, éditions Monelle Hayot, 2015, ill. p. 157
“GYNECOLOGIE”
Ivory bas-relief titled Gynecology adorning the front cover of a red jansenist morocco binding by Edouard Pagnant, containing various documents concerning the physician’s achievements, created between 1898 and 1906 and offered by the artist to Dr. Samuel Pozzi
Signed. Spine with raised bands, titled S. POZZI – DIVERS in gold. Handwritten letter signed by Lalique dated 16 mars 1907
17 x 11.5 cm.
Exhibition 1900, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 14 March – 26 June 2000, ill. page 244, n. 243 in the exhibition catalogue
Bibliography
Alison Syme, A touch of blossom – John Singer Sargent and the queer flora of fin-de-siècle art, The Pennsylvania University Press, 2010, ill. full page 136 (interesting article on Dr. Pozzi)
BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1900
Glazed faience with a floral decoration on a celadon background, the neck
adorned with an orientalizing frieze featuring yellow arabesque motifs
on a plum ground, interior glazed in yellow
Signed Diffoth in a Japonizing style
Height: 25 cm.
Diameter: 18 cm.
FIGURINE, CIRCA 1900
Rare polychrome enamelled porcelain figurine depicting an elegant lady in a long dress with a hat
Unsigned. Very small chip at the base
Height: 20 cm
INKWELL, CIRCA 1900
Square stoneware inkwell with undulating sides, original stoneware reservoir and lid
Rare model
Stamped signature in relief Les Grands Feux de Dalpayrat and numbered 246
7.5 x 11 cm.
“ANEMONE” VASE, CIRCA 1897-1900
Conical multilayered vase, internally decorated and engraved
Signed
21.5 cm. high
Exhibition
Emile Gallé, Exhibition in six Japanese museums, 2000-2001, n. 45 in the exhibition catalogue, ill. pp. 90 and 91 (example at the Juken museum)
Bibliography
A similar 27 cm. high vase in the collections of Juken Museum of Art, Yoshiwa, prefecture of Hiroshima, Japan
Another, 28,2 cm. high, is in the collection of Her Royal Highness Margrethe II, the Queen of Denmark