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MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – GROUP OF VASES

GROUP OF VASES

ALEXANDRE SANDIER (1843-1916), form designer
HENRI-LOUIS-LAURENT ULRICH, decorator
LÉONARD GEBLEUX (1861-1930), decor designer
“Vase de Montchanin”, 1896
White porcelain glazed blue with a stylized floral pattern
Bearing the manufacturer’s oval stamp for 1899
23 cm. high

Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, 1900

ALEXANDRE SANDIER (1843-1916), form designer
DENIS LIGUÉ (active at Sèvres between 1881 and 1911), decorator
“Vase de Monchanin”, 1896
White porcelain glazed polychrome with a floral pattern
Bearing the triangular manufacturer’s stamp for 1900 and decoration mark for 1904
23 cm. high

ALEXANDRE SANDIER (1843-1916), form designer
“Vase de Montchanin”, 1896
White porcelain glazed pink, red and gold with a decor of waterlilies
Bearing the triangular manufacturer’s stamp
23 cm. high

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ALEXANDRE-LOUIS-MARIE CHARPENTIER – “LA SOURCE TARIE” INKWELL, 1906

“LA SOURCE TARIE” INKWELL, 1906
Bronze with a dark brown patina
Signed
18 x 25.5 cm.

Exhibition
Salon d’Automne, Paris, 1906, n. 349 (plaster)
Musée d’Orsay, Alexandre Charpentier Naturalisme et Art Nouveau, 22 January-13 April 2008
Bruxelles, musée communal d’Ixelles, 29 May-31 August 2008, ill. p. 167, n. 171

Bibliography
Madeleine Charpentier-Darcy, Introduction à l’art d’Alexandre Charpentier. Catalogue sommaire de l’oeuvre (sculpture – art décoratif)”, Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’art français, année 1996, published in 1997, Sc 29, p. 219

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GEORG HARALD SLOTT-MOLLER – ANTON MICHELSEN – BEAKER, 1898

BEAKER, 1898
Chased and repoussé silver, silver gilt, pearls
Stamped Michelsen / Danish mark / 98 / O M / V W / SG ( for assay master Simon Groth) / H. Slott-Möller / del. / 1898
Height: 16 cm.

Anton Michelsen (1809-77) opened his first shop in Denmark in 1841. For several generations, he was the leading firm of gold and silversmiths, with significant influence on Danish jewelry design during the 19th and early 20th century. A Michelsen was among the first and the last to work in the Old Nordic style.

More widely known as a painter, Harald Sløtt-Moller worked for the Anton Michelsen Silversmithy during the Skønvirke period of design, circa 1880-1920. Skønvirke was the Danish equivalent of the English Arts and Crafts, German Jugendstil and French Art Nouveau movements. Sløtt-Mollers pieces, as evident in the offered lot, were influenced by the Japonisme style which grew in popularity following Japan’s exhibition at the Paris World’s Fair in 1867.

A relatable example of this model is in the permanent collection of the Musée d’Orsay, accession no. OAO 1297, and a teapot by the designer, also in the Japonisme style, is in the collection of the Design Museum, Denmark, accession no. 11a-b/1991.