Read more FRANCOIS FLEURET – VASE IN A SHAPE OF A FLOWERED ARTICHOKE, UNIQUE PIECE, 1903 VASE IN A SHAPE OF A FLOWERED ARTICHOKE, UNIQUE PIECE, 1903 Chased and repoussé silver The vase resting on cut out and chased silver leaves With silver mark Exhibition Société des Artistes Français, 1903 Bibliography L’Art Décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, Armand Guérinet éditeur, ill. pl. 182
Read more MATHIEU GALLEREY – PLATE, CIRCA 1906 PLATE, CIRCA 1906 Gilt bronze, decorated with eucalyptus leaves Signed GALLEREY A PARIS, marked with the artist’s monogram 26.3 cm. high Identical model in copper at the musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris Bibliography Dominique Foret, Marie-Cécile Forest La Dinanderie française 1900-1950 , Les éditions de l’amateur, 1995, example in copper ill. p. 187
Read more JULES DESBOIS – ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD – PLATE “SIRENE”, CIRCA 1900 PLATE “SIRENE”, CIRCA 1900 Bronze with a brown patina; details highlighted with gold and silver Signed 40 cm. diameter Exhibition Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1903 Bibliography L’Art Décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, 2nd volume, 1903, Armand Guérinet (editor) ill. pl. 152, 153
Read more GEORGES FOUQUET – CHARLES DESROSIERS – PURSE MOUNT, CIRCA 1902 PURSE MOUNT, CIRCA 1902 Silver, decorated with two fantastic animals, their heads facing each other and holding a ball in their open mouth Signed G. FOUQUET PARIS 10.5 cm. high 15.2 cm. long Bibliography Les Fouquets, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1983, p. 100 L’Art décoratif, September 1902, ill. p. 254
Read more MAURICE DUFRENE – SAINT-YVES EMILE – LA MAISON MODERNE – CHATELAINE, CIRCA 1900 CHATELAINE, CIRCA 1900 Silver Comprising: A pills box, a flask salt, a mirror, a bodkin, a tortoiseshell comb in a silver case Signed M. Dufrene. With silversmith’s mark Bibliography The Paris Salons, 1895-1914, Jewelry, vol. I
Read more EDMOND HENRI BECKER – SNAKE AND APPLE INKWELL, CIRCA 1900 SNAKE AND APPLE INKWELL, CIRCA 1900 Gilt bronze Signed BECKER 9 cm. high
Read more CHARLES-EMILE JONCHERY – MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1900 MANTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1900 Gilt bronze, decorated with flowers and writhing vines encircling a woman’s face Signed 38 cm. high 27 cm. wide 16 cm. deep
Read more EDMOND HENRI BECKER – LEBLANC-BARBEDIENNE – IMPORTANT CARTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1900 IMPORTANT CARTEL CLOCK, CIRCA 1900 Gilt and chased bronze; the medallions bearing the names of the four seasons Signed E. Becker, F. Barbedienne, marked FUGIT IRREPARABILE TEMPUS 90 cm. high Exhibition Exposition Universelle, 1900 Bibliography Les Industries d’Art à l’Exposition Universelle de 1900, from Victor Champier, published by la Revue des Arts Décoratifs, Paris 1902
Read more EDMOND HENRI BECKER – SARAH BERNHARDT IN “GISMONDA”, CIRCA 1900 SARAH BERNHARDT IN “GISMONDA”, CIRCA 1900 Carved gilt bronze medallion, light relief Bearing the monogram of the artist Based on the etching of Théobald CHARTRAN, engraved by Adolphe LAMOTTE 21.3 x 15.3 cm. This model was also made as a gilt bronze medal (3.5 x 2.2 cm.) with the following inscription on the back: Becker according Chartran and FIX. Fix was the name used by the jeweler Savard
Read more EDMOND HENRI BECKER – SUSSE FRERES – “FRAISIA” BOX, CIRCA 1905 “FRAISIA” BOX, CIRCA 1905 Patinated gilt bronze Signed Becker and Susse Frs Edt Paris 7.5 cm. high 20 cm. wide 11 cm. deep Bibliography Illustrated in the catalogue of Susse Frères, p. 17, n. 162
Read more LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – VASE, CIRCA 1900 VASE, CIRCA 1900 Silver Marked CARDEILHAC PARIS with the letter A, with silversmith’s mark and french Minerva mark 18.5 cm. high Between 1894 and 1899, Lucien Bonvallet designed several silverware pieces intended for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, all decorated with a vegetal pattern such as thistles, columbines, mistletoe, clovers, etc. These models were exhibited on the occasion of a retrospective dedicated to Lucien Bonvallet in january and february 1913, at the Pavillon de Marsan, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
Read more CAMILLE COLOT – HAND MIRROR, CIRCA 1900 HAND MIRROR, CIRCA 1900 Hammered and patinated copper Signed 40.5 cm. long
Read more PRINCE BOJIDAR KARAGEORGEVITCH – TWO SPOONS, CIRCA 1900 TWO SPOONS, CIRCA 1900 Silver gilt Each one with a different stylized floral decor Bearing the monogram of the artist 11 cm. long 11.4 cm. long