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GUSTAVE KELLER – PITCHER, CIRCA 1900

PITCHER, CIRCA 1900
Silver
French Minerva mark, silversmith’s mark, signed G. KELLER / PARIS
It was probably part of the set presented at the 1900 Exposition universelle and the 1903 Glasgow Exhibition
13.5 x 18 cm.

ERNEST-EMILE CHAPLET – HAVILAND & Cie – WALL-MOUNTED FOUNTAIN, CIRCA 1883–1885

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

EMILE GALLE – IMPORTANT LAMP, CIRCA 1900

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

70 cm. high
Diameter of the shade: 40.5 cm.

PAUL BRINDEAU DE JARNY – DECORATIVE ELEMENT, CIRCA 1900

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

RENE LALIQUE – EDOUARD PAGNANT – “GYNECOLOGIE”

“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)

EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN – BED

BED
Made of amboyna burl wood and ivory. Signed with a fire-stamped mark
Maximum width of the headboard: 260 cm
Length: 212 cm.
Headboard height: 103.5 cm.

EMILE-JACQUES RUHLMANN – ZUCCARRI DISPLAY CABINET, MODEL N. 2182

ZUCCARRI DISPLAY CABINET, MODEL N. 2182
Rio rosewood, piece no. 1, completed September 1927
Stamped with a branded mark, workshop A. Accompanied by its manufacturing certificate no. 167
250 x 180 x 50 cm.

Bibliography
Camard Florence, Ruhlmann, page 122 (American edition, Thames & Hudson, 1984). Similar model made in ebony for the 1931 Colonial Exhibition. Location unknown

Provenance
Paolo Matarazzo, Salerno, Italia

EMILE DIFFLOTH – BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1900

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.

RENE BUTHAUD – VASE, 1922-1923

VASE, 1922-1923
Polychrome enamelled crackled ceramic, featurig three stylized women sitting in different postures
Signed R Buthaud
32 cm. high
25 cm. diameter

Exhibition
Tamara De Lempicka, Reina del Art Deco, Palacio de Gaviria, Madrid, 5 October 2018-24 February 2019

Bibliography
Pierre Cruège René Buthaud 1886-1986, les éditions de l’amateur, 1996, front cover page and p. 79
Gioia Mori, Tamara De Lempicka, Reina del Art Deco, Palacio de Gaviria, Madrid, 5 October 2018-24 February 2019, Arthemisia Books, p. 148