SERVICE CANTON, CIRCA 1904
Coffee cup and saucer designed by Edward Colonna for L’Art Nouveau Bing
Ivory colored porcelain manufactured by GDA in Limoges, with incised Art Nouveau decoration and a design enameled in celadon and rose
Bearing the Art Nouveau Paris green enameled stamp
Cup height: 5.5 cm.
Diameter of the saucer: 13.5 cm.
Bibliography
L’Art Décoratif, April 1901, pp. 12 & 13 : Illustration of other pieces from the service Canton
Art Nouveau Belgium / France, Houston & Chicago, 1976, similar model with a different design,
n. 246, page 178
Chefs-d’œuvre de la porcelaine de Limoges, Musée du Luxembourg, 1996, page 256 : Illustration of a cup and its saucer, Canton model
Edith Mannoni, Porcelaines de Limoges, Massin éditeur, sd., page 90 : Illustration of three pieces from the service Canton
Gabriel Weisberg, Art Nouveau Bing – Paris style 1900, Harry N. Abrams, inc., New York, 1986, pp. 197 & 200: Illustration of other pieces from the service Canton