VASE “CARPES”, MODEL 179, 1923
Pâte de verre in shade of green, amber and brown
Impressed with the artist’s seal and numbered 0457
Edition of 5
17.5 x 18.5 cm.
Bibliography
Véronique Ayrolles, François Décorchemont Maître de la pâte de verre, Editions Norma, Paris, 2006, ill. p. 116, p. 255
Presently on loan to the Musée du Verre François Décorchemont, in Conches-en-Ouches
BOWL “DANSEUSES”, MODEL 250, 1925
Pâte de verre in shade of brown and black with pink splashes
Impressed with the artist’s seal and numbered A 291
13 x 11 cm.
One example numbered A 122 is at the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Exhibition Véronique Ayrolles, François Décorchemont Maître de la pâte de verre, Editions Norma, Paris, 2006, ill. p. 105, p. 264
Presently on loan to the Musée du Verre François Décorchemont, in Conches-en-Ouches
“LA NATURE SE DÉVOILANT DEVANT LA SCIENCE”, CIRCA 1900
Gilt bronze and marble sculpture with
polychrome highlights; the scarab in sodalite; the base in green marble
Signed E. Barrias, and with foundry mark Susse Frères éditeurs, Paris
58 cm. high
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle of 1900, an example with two patinas illustrated in the exhibition catalogue,
Liège, 1903
Bibliography Illustrated in the Susse Frères catalogues,
1905 and 1910 Les bronzes du XIXème, P. Kjellberg, Éd. de l'amateur 2005, p.50 Bronzes Sculptors & founders 1800-1950, H. Berman, Abage publishers, 1977 tome 3 n. 1387 p. 375
“DANSE” OR “FEMME NUE A L’ÉCHARPE”, 1906
Bronze sculpture; lost wax cast by Hébrard
Signed
34.3 cm. high
A similar example in terracotta at the musée d’Orsay, inv. n. RF3199
Model in plaster and tissue, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey, USA
Exhibition
1914, Musée Galliéra, Exposition de la statuette et du meuble qui l’accompagne
Bibliography Musée d’Orsay. Catalogue sommaire illustré des sculptures, similar example in terracotta illustrated p. 142, n. RF3199 Breaking the Mold-Sculpture in Paris from Daumier to Rodin, Edited by Phillip Dennis Cate,
published by the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, ill. p. 67, n°140,
October 23, 2005-March 12, 2006
AN IMPORTANT VASE, CIRCA 1900
Blown glass vase decorated with mushrooms, oak leaves and pincones
Acid-etched, wheel-etched, carved
Engraved signature
51 cm. high
Exhibition Takashimaya, exposition itinérante au Japon, 1986, n. 86, ill. p. 19
VASE “PRUNELIER DU JAPON”, CIRCA 1910
Multilayered glass, decorated with acid-etched and wheel-carved Japanese blackthorns
Wheel-carved signature
44.5 cm. high
BOTTLE AND STOPPER, CIRCA 1900
Opalescent amber glass bottle decorated with catkins
Deeply acid-etched and carved; three applications on platinum foil including one on
the stopper
Engraved signature
11.5 cm. high
CIGARETTE CASE, CIRCA 1900
Silver and gold
Interior in wood with a removable partition
With maker’s mark, eagle’s head, marked Vever and numbered 114
13 x 9 x 4.6 cm.
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
“CATKINS” VASE, CIRCA 1902
Bronze with a brown patina
Marked HE-T AB E, Gj-metod, Stockholm, DEC. G. Backlund Bearing the foundry mark HE
11.5 cm. high
BOWL, CIRCA 1900
Iridescent glass; the silver mount by Alphonse Debain
The base signed Escalier De crystal and bearing the French Minerva mark and silversmith mark
11.5 cm. high
11 cm. diameter
BOWL, 1900
Soft-paste porcelain, decorated with plique-à-jour mimosas heightened
with yellow and green enamels
Gilt monogram under the base and 1900 incised
12.5 cm. diameter
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
Bibliography Werke um 1900, Kunstkewerbemuseum, Berlin, 1966, p. 55, n. 71
CUP, CIRCA 1900
Soft-paste porcelain, with a floral motif heightened
by red enamel and relief gold highlights
Gilt monogram under the base
6.7 cm. high
BOWL, CIRCA 1900
Soft-paste porcelain, with a vine motif heightened by enamel,
the rim, the foot and the decor with gold highlights
Gilt monogram under the base
8.5 cm. diameter
GOURD SHAPED VASE, CIRCA 1900
Stoneware, decorated with a silver floral mount
Stamped LG, with silversmith’s mark, silver mark
and numbered 8038
12 cm. high
Exhibition A variant of this model was exhibited at the Exposition universelle, 1900
