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ADOLPHE TRUFFIER – ALPHONSE DEBAIN SILVERSMITH – A “SAFRAN” VASE, CIRCA 1900

A “SAFRAN” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Silver gilt and blue enamel
With silversmith marks
21 cm. high

Exhibition
Société des Artistes Français, 1899
Exposition Universelle, 1900

Bibliography
Paul Vitry, L’Orfèvrerie à l’Exposition, Art et Décoration, December 1900, ill. p. 174
L’Orfèvrerie aux Salons de 1901, Revue de la Bijouterie, de la Joaillerie et de l’Orfèvrerie, August 1901, ill. p. 130

FRANCOIS BOCQUET – VASE, CIRCA 1905

VASE, CIRCA 1905
Repoussé copper with brown patina
Signed underneath and bearing the inscription Edité par l’auteur à dix exemplaires numérotés. N°1
12 cm. high
16.4 cm. diameter

Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1905

Bibliography
Art et Décoration, August 1905, ill. p. 47
La Décoration Moderne, XIIIème année, ill. pl. 102

LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – CHOCOLATE JUG, CIRCA 1900

CHOCOLATE JUG, CIRCA 1900
Silver, vermeil, green stained ivory
The handle in stained ivory
Signed
21 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

Bibliography
Art et Décoration, December 1900, p. 163: illustration of a chocolate jug with a different design
L’Art français moderne, January 1916, p. 30
Maurice Rheims, L’Objet 1900, Arts et métiers graphiques, Paris, 1964, identical model decorated with clovers,
red stained ivory, ill. p. 96 , ill. n° 58
Tony Bouilhet, L’Orfèvrerie française au XXème siècle, Émile-Paul frères edition, Paris, (thistles model)
Annelies Krekel-Aalberse, Argenterie Art Nouveau et Art Déco, les éditions de l’amateur, Paris, 1990, ill. p. 79, n. 55 (thistles model)

EDGAR BRANDT – LETTER OPENER, CIRCA 1904

LETTER OPENER, CIRCA 1904
Chased silver
Signed
21.6 cm. long

Bibliography
Similar model illustrated:
L’Art Décoratif, 1904, vol. XII, p. 150
La Décoration Moderne, 13ème année, 1905-1906, pl. 2
Documents de Décoration Moderne – Ferronnerie, pl. 30

MAURICE BOUVAL – COLIN & CIE – SEAL, 1904

SEAL, 1904
Patinated gilt bronze
Signed, bearing the foundry mark
The base in onyx
13.5 cm. high

Exhibition
Société des Artistes Français, 1904

Bibliography
L’Art Décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, Armand Guérinet éditeur, 1904, ill. pl. 184-185

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

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

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

PIEL FRERES – GABRIEL STALIN – “LES HEURES DE LA VIE” BELT, 1900

“LES HEURES DE LA VIE” BELT, 1900
Silvered bronze
88 cm. long

Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900, group XV, class 25
1900, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 14 March-26 June 2000, ill. p. 258, n. 264

Bibliography
La Bijouterie à l’Exposition de 1900, Revue de la Bijouterie, de la Joaillerie et de l’Orfèvrerie,
June 1901, ill. p. 67