Read more PIERRE-ADRIEN DALPAYRAT – MAURICE BIAIS – LA MAISON MODERNE – “ELEGANTE AU MANCHON”, CIRCA 1900 “ELEGANTE AU MANCHON”, CIRCA 1900 Polychrome glazed grès Signed 14 cm. high
Read more PIERRE-ADRIEN DALPAYRAT – ALPHONSE VOISIN-DELACROIX – RARE INKWELL, CIRCA 1900 RARE INKWELL, CIRCA 1900 Glazed grès, with a relief decoration of a frog Signed underneath 7.3 cm. high; 12 cm. diameter 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 Two similar inkwells are kept in the collections of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Besançon, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue Alphonse Voisin-Delacroix ou quand un sculpteur rencontre un céramiste, 24 April-5 July 1993, p. 74-75, n. 51 and 52 Horst Makus & al., Adrien Dalpayrat – Céramique française de l’Art Nouveau, Arnoldsche, 1998, n. 77, p. 139 Provenance Private collection, Switzerland
Read more ALPHONSE LAMARRE – LOUCHET PAUL, Maison – PILLIVUYT & CIE – VASE, CIRCA 1900 VASE, CIRCA 1900 Green and red flambé glazed porcelain; the mount by Louchet with a design of flowering flowers. The heart is decorated with mother-of-pearl and glass cabochon Signed on the base LOUCHET C(ISEL)EUR Bearing an hologram incised in the paste the initials AL and a kanji symbol 18 cm. high Exhibition 1903 SAF “Je remarque les émaux cloisonnés de M. Paul Louchet, ainsi que le cadre contenant des dessins d’Albert Louchet, son frère. Je n’insiste pas, ce n’est pas tout à fait de ma compétence ; on me dit d’ailleurs que ces jolis cloisonnés ont été exécutés au Japon même ; leur perfection s’explique alors plus facilement et aussi leur aspect un peu “porcelaine”, ce qui est une des caractéristiques des artistes modernes du Nippon.” Revue de la Bijouterie, Joaillerie et Orfèvrerie, n. 40, August 1903, page 96
Read more ROYAL COPENHAGEN – UNIKAT VASE, CIRCA 1900 UNIKAT VASE, CIRCA 1900 White porcelain decorated with ginkgo leaves Attributed to Christian Thomsen Author of the shape: Arnold Krog, 1895 With manufacturer's stamp, numbered 203/135 16 cm high Another example of this vase was acquired in 1897 by the Berlin Museum of Decorative Arts Bibliography Dekorative Kunst, vol. 16, 1907, ill. p. 114 Berlin, Kunstgewerbe Museum, Werke um 1900, cat. n. 79
Read more BING & GRONDAHL – BOWL, CIRCA 1900 BOWL, CIRCA 1900 White porcelain decorated on the base with snails in shade of white, brown and blue. Below a frieze of white shells in light blue Signed with the manufacturer’s stamp, numbered 1146, B&G and bearing the monogram of the artist 9.4 cm. high 17.5 cm. diameter
Read more ERNEST-EMILE CHAPLET – EDOUARD DAMMOUSE – IMPORTANT VASE, CIRCA 1900 IMPORTANT VASE, CIRCA 1900 Earthenware decorated with stylized flowers heightened in gold Stamped with the Chaplet seal and in the decor Ed DAMMOUSE 37 x 24 cm.
Read more MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – HENRI BRECY, form designer – PAIR OF BOTTLES “EPIS DE MAIS”, 1900 PAIR OF BOTTLES “EPIS DE MAIS”, 1900 Glazed porcelain; each with original stopper Bearing the manufacturer’s stamp for 1901 16.5 cm. high Exhibition Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900 An identical bottle without its stopper was acquired in 1905 by the French State for the Musée des Ursulines in Mâcon and another one complete for the Musée de Saint-Nazaire. Both are today in the collection of the Cité de la Céramique in Sèvres. Another, with stopper, is in the Holburne Museum, Bath (Handley-Read collection), and a further example, without its stopper, is in the Musée des Beaux Arts de Quimper Bibliography L’Art Décoratif, October 1900, La manufacture nationale de Sèvres à l’exposition universelle, similar example ill. p. 12
Read more LOUIS MAJORELLE – KELLER & GUERIN – VASE, CIRCA 1900 VASE, CIRCA 1900 Polychrome earthenware with a design of flower buds and leaves Signed KG/Lunéville/Majorelle 48 cm. high
Read more ALPHONSE LAMARRE – LOUCHET PAUL, Ciseleur – PILLIVUYT & CIE – VASE, CIRCA 1900 VASE, CIRCA 1900 Porcelain vase, high-fired decor of ombelliferes on a blue-brown background Openwork bronze mount Signed P L and bearing the initials of Alphonse Lamarre 28.5 cm.
Read more ROYAL COPENHAGEN – CHRISTIAN THOMSEN – VASE “SNAKES”, CIRCA 1900 VASE “SNAKES”, CIRCA 1900 Porcelain Marked with the artist’s monogram, bearing the manufacturer’s stamp and numbered 633/326 14 cm. high Bibliography Bredo L. Grandjean, Kongelig dansk Porcelain 1884-1980, Gyldendal, ill. p. 41
Read more NILS LUNDSTRÖM – RORSTRAND PORSLINFABRIKER AB – VASE, CIRCA 1900 VASE, CIRCA 1900 Symbolist design of landscape and mushrooms Bears makers and artist marks 30.5 cm. high
Read more RORSTRAND PORSLINFABRIKER AB – RUBEN RISING – PAIR OF VASES, CIRCA 1900 PAIR OF VASES, CIRCA 1900 Porcelain with a design of pansy. Openwork neck One is signed and numbered 2069 The other is signed and bears the initials RR 21.5 cm. high
Read more ROYAL COPENHAGEN – CHRISTIAN THOMSEN “CRABES ET ALGUES” VASE, 1901 “CRABES ET ALGUES” VASE, 1901 Shape designed by Christian Thomsen Decorated by Léon Boll Marked with the artist’s monogram, bearing the manufacturer's seal and numbered 445/241 and 50 20.3 cm. high
Read more LOUIS MAJORELLE – ERNEST BUSSIERE – KELLER & GUERIN – PITCHER, CIRCA 1900 PITCHER, CIRCA 1900 Glazed stoneware, stylized vegetal decoration in relief Signed K.G. Lunéville Bussière 28.5 cm. high Another example of this model is part of the Collections of the museum of Lunéville, inv. n. C337 Exhibition Céramiques végétales – Ernest Bussière et l’Art Nouveau, musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, 21 June-25 September 2000, ill. p. 43, n. 40 in the catalogue Bibliography Buffet-Challié, Laurence, Le Modern Style, Baschet et Cie Editeurs, ill. p. 112, n. 1 Roselyne Bouvier, Majorelle, Editions Serpenoise, La Bibliothèque des Arts, 2009, ill. p. 32 Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics / An Illustrated Dictionary, éditions Norma, 2015, ill. p. 83
Read more ALBERT DAMMOUSE – PIERRE ROCHE – PLATE, CIRCA 1900 PLATE, CIRCA 1900 Stoneware Stamped A DAMMOUSE, with the letter S (for Sèvres) 23 cm. diameter Bibliography Paul Arthur French, Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 327 No other similar piece executed by Dammouse is known to exist. Nevetheless we know Alexandre Bigot executed similar works designed by the sculptor Pierre Roche, who collaborated with Dammouse. This piece is probably a result of their collaboration
Read more ERNEST-EMILE CHAPLET – CYLINDRICAL WASTED VASE, CIRCA 1900 CYLINDRICAL WASTED VASE, CIRCA 1900 Grès with a red glaze 8.2 cm. high 10.5 cm. diameter
Read more SERAPHIN SOUDBININE – PAUL JEANNENEY – “LA DOULEUR”, 1907 “LA DOULEUR”, 1907 Grès overlaid with green glaze Signed and dated 35 cm. high 32 cm. wide 19 cm. deep Bibliography Marc Ducret and Patricia Montjaret, L’école de Carriès, art céramique à Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye 1888-1940, Paris, éditions de l’Amateur, 1997, similar example ill. p. 125 Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics / An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, similar example ill. p. 349
Read more ERNEST BUSSIERE – KELLER & GUERIN – “CHARDON” VASE, CIRCA 1900 “CHARDON” VASE, CIRCA 1900 Glazed stoneware 28.5 cm. high Similar example at the musée de l’Ecole de Nancy Exhibition Exposition de la Céramique, Esplanade des Invalides, Paris 1900 Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, 1903 Nancy 1900 – Jugendstil in Lothringen, Münchner Stadtmuseum, 28 August 1980-6 January 1981, n. 410, n. 67 Céramiques végétales – Ernest Bussière et l’Art Nouveau, musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, 21 June-25 September 2000, ill. p. 46, n. 48 Bibliography La Lorraine, July 1900, ill. p. 27 Der Moderne Stil, volume 4, Julius Hoffmann junior, ill. pl. 50 Klopp, Gérard, Nancy 1900 – Rayonnement de l’Art Nouveau, 1991, n. 217 Jean-Paul Midant, L’Art Nouveau en France, L’Aventurine, Paris, 1999, ill. p. 35
Read more LOUIS MAJORELLE – WALL PLANTER, CIRCA 1878 WALL PLANTER, CIRCA 1878 Earthenware, japanese decor in semi-relief of a bird fisching a carp Made in the Toul workshop Signed 34 cm. diameter
Read more BING & GRONDAHL – JENS DAHL-JENSEN – LA MAISON MODERNE – VIDE-POCHE, 1898 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
Read more ERNEST BUSSIERE – KELLER & GUERIN – “BRACTEE D’OMBELLE”, CIRCA 1900 “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
Read more ALBERT DAMMOUSE – A RARE COVERED PITCHER, CIRCA 1890 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
Read more PIERRE-ADRIEN DALPAYRAT – ALPHONSE VOISIN-DELACROIX – VASE IN A SHAPE OF A FRUIT, ALSO KNOWN AS “COEUR DEVORE PAR UN ANIMAL”, 1892-1893 VASE IN A SHAPE OF A FRUIT, ALSO KNOWN AS “COEUR DEVORE PAR UN ANIMAL”, 1892-1893 Grès with a sang-de-boeuf and green glaze Signed 23 cm. high Exhibition Adrien Dalpayrat / Céramique française de l’Art Nouveau, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 1998, similar model ill. p. 139 n. 79 Bibliography Henri-Pierre Fourest & al., L’art de la Poterie en France de Rodin à Dufy, Sèvres, Musée national de la céramique, 1971, ill. n. 83 Hakenjos, Berndt & Ekkart Klinge, Europäische des Jugendstils, Düsseldorf, Hetjens museum, 1974, p. 29, n. 29 Lynne Thornton & Antoine Alain Glück, L’Art en marge des Grands Mouvements, Salons et Visionnaires de 1880 à 1930, Paris, Etude Pillias, 1974, p. 66, n. 116 Arielle Guillaume & al., Alphonse Voisin-Delacroix, Besançon, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’ Archéologie de Besançon, 1993, p. 801, n. 58
Read more JEAN CARRIES – JAPANESE BOTTLE, CIRCA 1900 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