JULES BAINE – PURSE, CIRCA 1907

PURSE, CIRCA 1907
Buckskin; the mount and clasp in repoussé silver decorated with flowers
The mount signed BAINE and with silversmith mark ES
17 cm. long

Exhibition
Salon d’Automne, 1907

Bibliography
Art et Décoration, November 1907, ill. p. 151

MAURICE DUFRENE – LOUIS LOURIOUX – EUGENE LEFEBVRE – LA MAISON MODERNE – MILK JUG, CIRCA 1900

MILK JUG, CIRCA 1900
White porcelain, with an embossed leaf pattern in blue and pink around the neck. Silver lid featuring the same design
Signed on the base
Porcelain made by Louis Lourioux, Foëcy
With silvesmith mark and E. Lefebvre on the lid

Exhibition
Salon des Artistes Français, 1902
Art Nouveau Belgium/France
Rice Museum, Houston – March 26, 1976 to June 27, 1976
The Art Institute of Chicago – August 28, 1976 to October 31, 1976.
Catalogue n°300, illustrated page 203.

Bibliography
Art et Décoration, July 1902, page 24
L’Art décoratif aux expositions des Beaux-Arts, Armand Guérinet éditeur,
1ère série, 1902, pl. 72 and 73
Orfèvrerie Bijouterie Or et Argent, Catalogue de la maison Lelebvre, ill. 270 : Broc à lait n. 2415
Horst Makus, Keramik aus Historismus und Jugendstil, Kassel 1981, n. 67
Renate Ulmer, Art Nouveau, 1999, Arnoldsche, p. 166, n. 156

EUGENE LEFEBVRE – PRECIOUS BOX, CIRCA 1900

PRECIOUS BOX, CIRCA 1900
Chased silver with a design in light relief of foliage and fruits
With french Minerva mark and manufacturer’s mark
In is fitted box of the retailer Alfred Hamel
4.5 cm. high
8 cm. diameter