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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

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

Presently on loan to the Musée du Verre François Décorchemont, in Conches-en-Ouches

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PHILIPPE-JOSEPH BROCARD – VASE, CIRCA 1900

VASE, CIRCA 1900
Transparent glass slightly tinted in green and mottled white. Design of mulberry branches, leaves and fruits applied in translucid green and amethyst enamels highlighted with gold
14 cm. high

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LOUIS ICART – WATERCOLOR

WATERCOLOR
Watercolor used for the illustration of “Gargantua and Pantagruel” by François Rabelais
Signed bottom right and annotated on the left Livre 1 Chap LV

24 x 18.5 cm.

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ALEXANDRE BIGOT – FIREPLACE, CIRCA 1900

FIREPLACE, CIRCA 1900
Grès with a design of leaves.
Signed.
101 x 108 x 31 cm.

Cheminée en carreaux de grès à décor floral stylisé.
Signé en bas à droite GRES BIGOT.

Hauteur : 100 cm
Longueur : 109 cm
Profondeur du plateau : 31 cm
Profondeur des piliers : 26,5 cm

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ANDRE METTHEY – FOUR FROGS GOURD – CIRCA 1900

FOUR FROGS GOURD – CIRCA 1900
Rare grès (neck reduced)
Engraved signature, numbered 27/1 and AC

Height: 23 cm.

Exhibition
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 274

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PACO DURRIO (DURRIO DE MADRON FRANCISCO) – “MISTERIO DE LA NOCHE” (MYSTERY OF THE NIGHT), 1900-1905

“MISTERIO DE LA NOCHE” (MYSTERY OF THE NIGHT), 1900-1905
Sang-de-boeuf grès in the shape of a moon profile ending at the base as joined hands
Signed with the monogram of the artist and numbered 1

Height: 18 cm.

A similar work in blue and white enamel is part of the collection of the Fina Arts Museum of Bilbao, inventory number 07/415

Bibliography
La Gran Enciclopedia Vasca, Bilbao, vol. VIII, n°80, ill. on the cover and titled “Luna”
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 153

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MAURICE DUFRENE – ATELIER DE GLATIGNY – IMPORTANT VASE, CIRCA 1900

IMPORTANT VASE, CIRCA 1900
Shouldered baluster vase in grès with green and burgundy drippings at the neck on a white
background, the design attributed to Maurice Dufrêne
Interior with sang-de-boeuf drippings
Signed Glatigny and numbered 277

Height: 40 cm.

Bibliography
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 188

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AUGUSTE DELAHERCHE – COVERED POT, CIRCA 1900

COVERED POT, CIRCA 1900
Grès in slate color with brown and green glaze. The lid is openwork and decorated with fruits and stems
Bearing the monogram of the artist on both parts

Diameter of the base (incl. the handles): 39 cm.
Diameter of the lid (incl. the handles): 36 cm.
Height: 22 cm.

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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)

SOLD

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EMILE DECOEUR – BOTTLE, 1904

BOTTLE, 1904
Grès in a vegetal shape and a small handle at the neck
Polychrome enamel in shades of green, brown, blue and sang-de-boeuf
Signed in full and impressed with a trefoil mark
The underside with a label : Collection / Gaston Derys / 10 rue Poussin / Paris
Height: 32 cm.

Exhibition
Art Nouveau Belgium / France, Houston & Chicago, 1976, similar model ill. n°266, page 187

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MICHEL CAZIN – VASE, CIRCA 1900

VASE, CIRCA 1900
Vase in the shape of a bottle in light beige grès, with a design of a wreath of flowers and leaves
Signed with the monogram of the artist
The base in gilt bronze, with a design of flowers, signed with the initials of the artist
Height: 33 cm

Bibliography
L. de Fourcaud, Les Arts décoratifs au Salon de 1899 / Les objets d’art (II)
La Société Nationale Revue des Arts décoratifs, 1899, page 330 :
Michel Cazin offers us a beautiful suite of whitish, reddish and dark vases, decorated with a relief of mistletoe, oak, foliage and woven cords
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics : An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 99

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CARL VILHEM MILLES – HECTOR CACCIPUOTTI – SOCIÉTÉ DES ARTISTES RÉALISTES – “A LA BELLE ÉTOILE”, 1902

“A LA BELLE ETOILE”, 1902
Grès depicting a couple sitting on a bench and a sleeping character on the other side of the bench
Signed
Marked Hector CACCIPUOTTI / Editeur / 65 rue Violet à Paris and Société des Artistes Réalistes, Marque déposée Paris

Height: 21 cm.

Exhibition
V. Pica, Artisti Contemporanei: Karl Millès, Emporium XXIX, no. 196, Jan. 1909, pp. 3-19, ill. p. 12