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FRANCOIS-EMILE DECORCHEMONT – “GRAND VASE TROIS FIGURES”, DESIGNED IN 1914, EXECUTED IN 1914-1919

“GRAND VASE TROIS FIGURES”, DESIGNED IN 1914, EXECUTED IN 1914-1919
Model n. 59, translucent and partly coloured pâte-de-verre, decorated with three relief
moulded medallions, each featuring a women set in profile
Stamped with artist circular mark
Height: 22.5 cm.

Exhibition
Véronique Ayroles, François Decorchemont Maître de la pâte de verre, éditions Norma, 2006,
ill. p. 65 and 239 for the design
Musée du Verre François Décorchemont, Conches-en-Ouches, François Décorchemont – L’alchimie de la matière, de la couleur et de la lumière, 24 May 2025 – 30 November 2025

Four examples of this model were executed and only one other severely damaged has appeared in auction in 2016

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ARISTIDE COLOTTE – DRAWING, CIRCA 1925

DRAWING, CIRCA 1925
Original designs of three vases with geometrical decor
Gouache and graphite on grey Canson type paper
Signed at the bottom, to the right

Bibliography
Mireille Mazet, A. Colotte sculpteur sur verre et sur cristal, les éditions de l’amateur, Paris 1994,
ill. p. 244, n. 154

Donation to the François Décorchemont Glass Museum, Conches-en-Ouche, France

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ARISTIDE COLOTTE – DRAWING, CIRCA 1925

DRAWING, CIRCA 1925
Original designs of two large tapered vases with geometrical decor
Gouache and graphite on grey Canson type paper
Signed at the bottom, in the middle

Bibliography
Mireille Mazet, A. Colotte sculpteur sur verre et sur cristal, les éditions de l’amateur, Paris 1994,
ill. p. 244, n. 153

Donation to the François Décorchemont Glass Museum, Conches-en-Ouche, France

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FRENCH – CRADLE, CIRCA 1910

CRADLE, CIRCA 1910
Sculpted moulded walnut with floral decoration with two lateral uprights mounted on a curved foot axis
The basket with a frame in moulded walnut carved presents in its partitions a decoration painted with oil of roses
Height: 92 cm.
Width: 108 cm.
Depth: 56 cm.

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EMILE GALLE – “AUX GRENOUILLES” UMBRELLA STAND, CIRCA 1900

“AUX GRENOUILLES” UMBRELLA STAND, CIRCA 1900
Sculpted wood, inlaid in various woods with an aquatic decor and a dragonfly; the feet sculpted in the shape of frog legs; the handles in patinated gilt bronze
Signed
73 cm. high; 52.5 cm. wide; 23.5 cm. deep

Exhibition
Art Nouveau Belgium France, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1976, p. 224, n. 341 in the exhibition catalogue
The marquetry front panel with a design of mushrooms

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EMILE GALLE – TWO COLOCYNTHS RARE VASE, CIRCA 1900

TWO COLOCYNTHS RARE VASE, CIRCA 1900
Japanese inspiration, in faience with a high-fired polychrome design on white glazed cover
The two colocynths have stylized cutouts on the belly, to receive the flowers
Some small scratches, firing cracks and a restored chip at the back
Black enamed signature under the base E. Gallé / Faïencerie de Nancy
Height: 33 cm

Bibliography
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 173

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MARCEL GOUPY – VASES, CIRCA 1920

VASES, CIRCA 1920
Gourd shaped vase in mottled yellow glass decorated with three medallions of riverscapes in polychrome enamel
Signed underneath
24 cm. high

Baluster footed vase, clear glass with polychrome enamel trees
Signed
18 cm. high

Footed cylindrical vase with flaring neck, decorated with houses and trees against a blue sky in polychrome enamel
Signed underneath
22.5 cm. high

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DAUM NANCY – PAUL RACADOT – CANDY BOX – POSSIBLY UNIQUE, 1925

CANDY BOX – POSSIBLY UNIQUE, 1925
Clear glass with gold foil inclusions overlaid in deep violet and wheel carved with stylized flowers and leaves
Wheel engraved signature
34 cm. diameter

This piece was designed for the 1925 Exposition Universelle
Paul Racadot was the chief engraver at the Daum manufacture

Exhibition
Exposition Internationale des Arts décoratifs, 1925, Grand Palais, Paris

Bibliography
Janine Bloch-Dermant, Le verre en France d’Émile Gallé à nos jours, les éditions de l’amateur, 1983, ill. p. 48 on a period drawing (Daum archives) showing one of the display cabinets at the 1925 Exposition Universelle

Provenance
Collection Daum, acquired in 1987

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MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – HENRI RAPIN – “FONTAINE LUMINEUSE”, 1924-1927

FONTAINE LUMINEUSE, 1924-1927
The shape and decor designed by Henri Rapin, executed by J.-B. Gauvenet
Porcelain, the base in bronze
The top bearing the Sèvres Factory seal S 1924; at the base, a plaque is engraved
AGENCE GENERALE ELLIOTT FISHER A SON CHER VICE-PRESIDENT
F. LECHER SEVRES PARIS NOVEMBRE 1927

App. 134 cm. high without the base

Four fountains are registered in the archives at the Sèvres Factory:
One at the Mobilier National, incomplete (lower part missing)
One at the Sèvres Porcelain Factory, in excellent condition
One in an unknown location, severely damaged
Our example

Exhibition
Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925 (Pavillon de Sèvres)
L’Exposition des porcelaines de Sèvres de style Art Déco, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum,
2 October-19 December 1993, ill. p. 37, n. 30 in the exhibition catalogue

Bibliography
Les œuvres de la Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, tome V: Le Luminaire, nd, ill. pl. 5, n. 3528
Jean Paul Midant, Sèvres – La Manufacture au XXème siècle, Michel Aveline editor, Paris, 1992,
ill. full page p. 76 (formerly in the Pavillon de Sèvres collection, London, the bronze base missing)

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MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – ANNE-MARIE FONTAINE – BONBONNIERE, 1922

BONBONNIERE, 1922
Polychrome and gilded porcelain, decorated with stylized branches and flowers
Designed by Dunaime
Decorated by Miss Anne-Marie Fontaine
Bearing manufacture and decoration stamps of 1922
Signed under its base A M Fontaine and the letter J
6 cm. high; 11 cm in diameter

Bibliography
Lechevallier-Chevignard, Georges “La Décoration Moderne à la Manufacture de Sèvres“, Ch. Massin & Cie Editeurs, Paris, s.d. pl.5

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