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
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
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
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
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
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
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