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PAUL BRINDEAU DE JARNY – DECORATIVE ELEMENT, CIRCA 1900

DECORATIVE ELEMENT, CIRCA 1900
Copper and wrought metal, decorated with three cherries and leaves
Unsigned

Bibliography
Art et Décoration, 1901, vol. II, “Les objets d’art aux Salons”, page 51 : “Ses adaptations de fleurs et de fruits pourront lui donner de très bons résultats s’il se préoccupe de corser un peu plus ses formes”
To be compared with a similar piece presented at the Société nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1904 and illustrated on plates 6 and 7 of L’Art décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, Librairie d’Art décoratif – Armand Guérinet, publisher
Karin Blanc, Ferronnerie en Europe au XXème siècle, éditions Monelle Hayot, 2015, ill. p. 157

RENE LALIQUE – EDOUARD PAGNANT – “GYNECOLOGIE”

“GYNECOLOGIE”
Ivory bas-relief titled Gynecology adorning the front cover of a red jansenist morocco binding by Edouard Pagnant, containing various documents concerning the physician’s achievements, created between 1898 and 1906 and offered by the artist to Dr. Samuel Pozzi
Signed. Spine with raised bands, titled S. POZZI – DIVERS in gold. Handwritten letter signed by Lalique dated 16 mars 1907
17 x 11.5 cm.

Exhibition
1900, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 14 March – 26 June 2000, ill. page 244, n. 243 in the exhibition catalogue

Bibliography
Alison Syme, A touch of blossom – John Singer Sargent and the queer flora of fin-de-siècle art, The Pennsylvania University Press, 2010, ill. full page 136 (interesting article on Dr. Pozzi)

PAUL BONNAUD – SMALL SOLIFLORE VASE, 1906

SMALL SOLIFLORE VASE, 1906
Polychrome enamel on silver, decorated with a beetle on mistletoe branches
Signed in enamel: P. Bonnaud Limoges 1906
With French Minerva mark and silversmith mark B H (for Bouvier and Hammont)
Height: 12,5 cm.
Diameter: 6 cm

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

HENRI HUSSON – ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD – FOOTED BOWL IN THE FORM OF A GOTHIC CIBORIUM, 1906

FOOTED BOWL IN THE FORM OF A GOTHIC CIBORIUM, 1906
Silver and gilt silver.
The upper section is decorated with an applied Gothic inscription: Cinquantenaire d’Alfred WERLE 1906, featuring interlacing motifs, vine leaves, and grape clusters on an amethyst-colored background.
The foot is applied with three medallions representing La Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin and Edouard Werlé (former director of Veuve Clicquot champagne).
Bearing the silversmith mark. Stamp of Alfred Werlé, with the inscription Tout vient du ciel
Applied medallion by Paul Palin
13 x 13 cm
Weight: 450 gr.

SOLD

GUSTAVE GURSCHNER – LA MAISON MODERNE – INKWELL, CIRCA 1900

INKWELL, CIRCA 1900
Gilt bronze, with a design of a stylised vine. With its glass bucket
Signed
Height: 9.5
Width: 30 cm.
Depth: 17 cm

Bibliography
Documents sur l’Art Industriel au XXe Siècle, Edition de La Maison Moderne, Paris, 1901, Les objets en métal, ill. p. 2 under the number 719-1

GUSTAVE KELLER – OINTMENT JAR, CIRCA 1900

OINTMENT JAR, CIRCA 1900
Gilt patina, decorated with stylized flowers and stems in light relief
Signed G. KELLER / PARIS and numbered 1, it bears the square hallmark for G K metal as well as the winged Mercury mark
Height: 9.5 cm
Base diameter: 7 cm.