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)