LARGE BALUSTER VASE
Porcelain, with lacustrine decor in blue tones on a white background
Signed at the bottom and under its base
Bearing the manufacturer’s customary seals
Marked 12 Z and numbered 10410
44 cm. high
“EPIS ET FLEURS BLEUES” UNIKAT VASE, 1896
Decorated porcelain
Bearing the manufacturer’s seal and marks, numbered 6048, signed and written out in full and dated M and 10 (for October 1896)
23 cm. high
TOP-SHAPED BOUQUET HOLDER
Enameled porcelain with spinning polychrome orchids decor, the neck ornamented with three small handles
The cover of the suspension ring in bronze and ropes
Signed with the manufacturer’s stamp in green, numbered 62 in blue for the artist and 5/5 in green
21 cm. in diameter ; 17.5 cm. high
“PHALENES” VASE
Openwork vase in enameled white and blue porcelain decorated with pepper moths and foliage
Signed with the circular stamp under its base and numbered 1295/777 and 58
Painted by Fr A Richter
14 cm. high
BONBONNIERE, 1927
UNIKAT bonbonnière with shells design
Bearing the manufacturer's seal, the monogram of the artist and numbered 1960 and 27
11 cm. high
VASE, 1902-1904
Molded porcelain vase with square shoulders and small neck, decorated with delicate enamel flowers in blue, green and beige heightened in gold
Signed with the monogram
17.5 cm. high
Bibliography
Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons volume IV : ceramics and glass, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 1998, modèle similaire reproduit p. 285
LIQUEUR SET, CIRCA 1900
Enameled smoked glass decorated with thistles and the Cross of Lorraine
Including two jugs and their stoppers, 12 small glasses and a tray
Signed
“PORTRAIT DE MLLE PAUL”, 1891
Pastel on wood panel
Signed and dated 1891
The frame in “bois de Sainte-Lucie” (prunus mahaleb)
With the frame: 193 x 135 cm.
Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1892, n. 1331
Bibliography
Chantal Humbert, Les Arts Décoratifs en Lorraine de la fin du XVIIème siècle à l’ère industrielle,
les éditions de l’amateur, ill. p. 136
“FEMME AU CHAT”, 1897-1898
Patinated gilt bronze
Signed
49 cm. high
Exhibition
Société nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1898
Musée Galliéra, Paris 1934-1935 L’oeuvre de Rupert Carabin, Galerie du Luxembourg, 1974, n. 86 in the exhibition catalogue François-Rupert Carabin, Musée d’Art Moderne de Strasbourg and Musée d’Orsay, 1993, ill. p. 87, n. 66 in the exhibition catalogue
Bibliography
Catalogue de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1898
G. Geffroy: La vie artistique, 1898, p. 354
Catalogue de l’exposition Carabin au musée Galliéra, 1934-1935 L’oeuvre de Rupert Carabin, Galerie du Luxembourg, 1974, ill. p. 178
SALON SUITE, CIRCA 1900
Carved mahogany; comprising:
One sofa, two armchairs, two chairs
The sofa: 93 cm. high; 161.5 cm. wide
Each armchair: 101 cm. high; 64 cm. wide
Each chair: 92.5 cm. high; 46 cm. wide
Exhibition
Another example of this salon suite was exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle, Paris, in Siegfried Bing’s pavilion, L’Art Nouveau Bing, with a multitude of artworks including jewellery by Edward Colonna and other furniture and decorative objects by Georges de Feure, Eugène Gaillard and Marcel Bing
“DANSEUSE NUE AUX CYMBALES”, CIRCA 1900
Satin finish rock crystal; the base in fluorspar
Signed
23 cm. high; 31.5 cm. high including the base
A very fine stone carver, Georges Tonnelier worked mainly with the jeweller Falize
His works are only found in museums and major institutions. The Walter Arts Museum in Baltimore,
Maryland has four rock crystal statuettes and one other is at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia
SMALL CASKET, CIRCA 1900
Pâte d’émail
Signed
5 cm. high; 8 cm. long; 5 cm. wide
The mount attributed to Castel-Cléret (the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts catalogue
of 1910 mentions Brateau objects mounted by the firm of Castel-Cléret).
Bibliography
Janine Bloch-Dermant, Guidargus de la Verrerie, 1988, ill. p. 323
SET OF 6 SPOONS AND A SUGAR TONG, CIRCA 1900
Silver with a floral design
In its fitted box
With French Minerva mark and silversmith mark
Spoons: 11.9 cm. long
Sugar tong: 10.5 cm. long
SERVING SET, CIRCA 1900
Vermeil, comprising 12 spoons and a shovel
With an incised and patinated design of flowers; each different
The handle is openwork and decorated with bellflowers
In its fitted box of la maison Ch. Dubret, 83 rue de la Liberté, Dijon
With French minerva mark and silversmith mark (PG & Cie) attributed to Pierre Galli
Spoon: 14 cm. long
Shovel: 26.7 cm. long