CHARLES-EUGENE THIENOT – COLOCYNTH VASE, CIRCA 1900
COLOCYNTH VASE, CIRCA 1900
Bronze with a medal patina decorated with four insects
Signed Ch. Thiénot
13.2 cm. high
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ALEXANDRE BIGOT – BOUCHERON, Maison – LINZELER ROBERT, Silversmith – BEER PITCHER, CIRCA 1901
BEER PITCHER, CIRCA 1901
Cream stoneware with dripping brown tones, blue-gray mottled steel and mounted in solid silver
Signed BOUCHERON / PARIS – LONDON, Mce POUSSIELGUE RUSAND and numbered 4627
With French Minerva marks and mark of Robert Linzeler
27 cm. high
Similar examples :
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
Exhibition
Salon of 1901
Première Exposition des Arts du Foyer consacrée à l’orfèvrerie dedicated to goldsmithery, November 1901, Salon de la Plume, 31 rue Bonaparte
Bibliography
“Le pot à bière, grès et argent poli, de M. Linzeler, sera sans doute aussi commode à l’usage qu’il est satisfaisant à l’œil. Voici donc un morceau beau par lui-même, en dehors de toute espèce d’ornement sculpté. Il fournit la preuve palpable qu’il n’est nullement nécessaire d’écraser toutes surfaces sous un déluge de “motifs” pour que l’objet contente notre sens esthétique. L’artiste, ici, n’a cherché son effet que dans l’harmonie du galbe, dans le jeu des tons et des matériaux, dans le sentiment de confortable, de logique qui émane de son œuvre. Et il a pleinement réussi.
C’est bien ainsi que veut être le véritable art industriel : harmonique et commode. S’il n’est qu’art, nous souffrons dans notre bien-être ; s’il n’est qu’industriel, nos yeux s’attristent de sa sécheresse. Ainsi les deux vases qu’expose en même temps M. Linzeler nous donnent, malgré la recherche de leur décor, une certaine impression de lourdeur à côté de la masse tranquille de ce broc où le ton du grès se marie si bien à l’éclat de l’argent.” Charles Torquet, L’Orfèvrerie et le bronze, L’Art Décoratif, août 1901, page 214
L’Orfèvrerie aux Salons de 1901, Revue de la bijouterie, de l’orfèvrerie et de la joaillerie, August 1901, ill. p. 132
“Quelques artistes cependant obéissent à la logique. C’est ici Marcel Carlier, dessinateur de l’orfèvre Linzeler, dont le pichet et la théière sont très bien conçus, avec leurs panses de grès qu’entourent des armatures d’argent. Le métal accuse les lignes, affirme la volonté architecturale”. Albert Thomas, Première Exposition des Arts du Foyer consacrée à l’orfèvrerie, l’Art Décoratif, December 1901, p. 125
Der Moderne Stil, 4ème volume, Julius Hoffmann junior, ill. pl. 63
Annelies Krekel-Aalberse, Argenterie Art Nouveau et Art Déco, les éditions de l’amateur, 1990, ill. p. 74, n°39
Hélène Bédague, Alexandre Bigot, Chimiste et Céramiste, éditions Louvre Victoire, Paris, 2016, ill. p. 178
LOUIS-AUGUSTE THEODORE-RIVIERE – “LA POMME D’OR”, CIRCA 1900
“LA POMME D’OR”, CIRCA 1900
Original sculpture of a figure representing Eve, carved in ivory, set in a sculpted mahogany tree, a snake applied in enameled silver
Signed on the wooden base
37.5 cm. high
To the best of our knowledge, three works by Théodore-Rivière incorporated enamel by René Lalique among which “La brodeuse arabe” or “La brodeuse tunisienne” from 1897, and a Cambodian dancer. Therefore, it is very likely that our piece was enameled by Lalique as well.
Bibliography
Colette Dumas, Théodore Rivière, sa vie, son œuvre, 1998, ill. page 89, n. 102
Provenance
Private collection of Louis-Auguste Théodore-Rivière
Théodore-Rivière sale, Hôtel Drouot, room 10, 1st December 1909, lot 36
The Musée d’Orsay keeps in its archives the sales record established by Jean (Théodore) Rivière. It comprises 45 lots originating directly from the studio of the artist, among which bronze sculptures in large part, without any of them being cast, thus unique; two or three marbles, two terracottas and two ivory sculptures, one of them being “La Pomme d’Or”. A few works were bought in, and the total of the sale reached 15.251 francs. Two lots reached the highest bid of 1.500 francs, lot 32: “Néron”; turquin blue marble, unique artwork, 36 cm. high; and lot 36: “La Pomme d’Or”, described as “statuette ivoire, serpent argenté émaillé, sur bois des îles socle marbre, hauteur moyenne 40 cent”.
EMILE GALLE – VERY RARE BOWL, CIRCA 1925
VERY RARE BOWL, CIRCA 1925
Decorated with engraved lotus leaves and fish
Signed
39 cm in diameter
ABEL LANDRY – LA MAISON MODERNE – PAIR OF CANDELABRAS, CIRCA 1900
PAIR OF CANDELABRAS, CIRCA 1900
Silver pewter
28.5 cm. high
Bibliography
Illustrated in La Maison Moderne’s catalog
The Modern Style, J. Hoffmann Jr, p. 221
ABEL LANDRY – TABLE LAMP, CIRCA 1907
TABLE LAMP, CIRCA 1907
Dark patinated bronze
Signed
48.5 cm high; 25.2 cm. wide
Bibliography
Répertoire d’art décoratif moderne, tome III, ill. p. 60, n. 76
ABEL LANDRY – LA MAISON MODERNE – PAIR OF CANDELABRAS, CIRCA 1900
PAIR OF CANDELABRAS, CIRCA 1900
Gilt bronze with original patina
Fitted for two lights each
Signed
33 cm. high
Bibliography
Documents sur l'Art Industriel au XXème siècle, edited by La Maison Moderne, Paris, Les appareils d'éclairage, ill. p. 7, under the reference “Candélabre n°1561-1”
EMILE GALLE – “CAVALIER PERSAN” BEAKER, DESIGNED CIRCA 1889
“CAVALIER PERSAN” BEAKER, DESIGNED CIRCA 1889
Glass, decorated with a Persian horse rider, in polychrome enamel on a background engraved with stylized and geometrical flowers and partly highlighted in gold, inclusion of shattered gold foils
Signed E. Gallé Nancy under its base
10 cm. high
Bibliography
Bernd Hakenjos, Emile Gallé, Keramik, Glas und Möbel des Art Nouveau, Hirmer, ill. p. 80
EMILE GALLE – “PAVOT” VASE, CIRCA 1900
“PAVOT” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Flattened baluster vase, milky white glass overlaid in purple, decorated with poppies acid-etched and fire-polished
Signed
20 cm. high; 13.5 cm in diameter
EMILE GALLE – VASE, CIRCA 1900
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Small pear-shaped vase, clear glass overlaid with black and with platinum foil, acid-etched and entirely wheel-carved, hammered body
Signed in wheel-carved cameo
8.5 cm. high
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Henri Flammarion
EMILE GALLE – RARE AND IMPORTANT CABINET, CIRCA 1900
RARE AND IMPORTANT CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Exotic marquetry inlaid wood, decorated with dragonflies and flowers, the front adorned with a dragonfly in relief
Signed
137 cm. high; 83 cm. wide; 44 cm. deep
Bibliography
Alastar Duncan, Georges de Bartha, Gallé Furniture, Antique Collectors’ club, 2012, ill. p. 292
EMILE GALLE – “BERCE DES PRES” LADIES DESK, CIRCA 1900
“BERCE DES PRES” LADIES DESK, CIRCA 1900
Variation of “Les Ombellules” desk exhibited at the Exposition Universelle of 1900
Exotic marquetry inlaid wood, with botanical decor
With its key in gilt bronze
Signed GALLE
Bearing a paper label from the 1950/1960s on which can be read “N°7399 – Salle des Ventes – Santé
Frères et Cie – Pau » with the lot number, its description, the name of the buyer and the price
(the company Santé Frères et Cie put an end to its public sales in 1970)
157 cm. high ; 77 cm. wide ; 55 cm. deep
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900. A design, which can be compared to our desk, titled “Les Ombellules” by Emile Gallé himself in a publication at the time, was shown by the artist during the event.
Musée d’Orsay, Paris. A “Les Ombellules” desk, comparable to ours, is in the collection of the Musée d’Orsay (inventory OAO 1467 coming from the Rispal donation)
Provenance
This desk was acquired by the former owner at a public auction in the 1950/1960s from the Salle des Ventes Santé Frères et Cie, rue Emile Garet in Pau. This company, which started out with public auction sales, simultaneously as a transporter, right after the post-war years, enrolled a notary or a court bailiff, but lost the office in 1970 when the French government appointed a ministerial officer as an auctioneer in Pau.
EMILE GALLE – TABLE, CIRCA 1900
TABLE, CIRCA 1900
Exotic wood
Removable upper tray
Decorated with aquatic plants and waterlilies on the upper part; flowers, waterlilies and a small frog on the lower part
Signed on upper and lower shelves
82 cm. high; 60 cm. wide; 41.5 cm. deep
EMILE GALLE – VASE, CIRCA 1895
VASE, CIRCA 1895
Honey-colored glass with polychrome and gilt enamel, decorated with orchids and leaves
Signed under its base Emile Gallé below an orchid and Déposé in enamel
12.5 cm. high
PAUL BRINDEAU DE JARNY – MURAL PORTE-DOCUMENTS, CIRCA 1900
MURAL PORTE-DOCUMENTS, CIRCA 1900
Wood and embossed copper
Fire-stamped monogram on the back, decoration of leaves and burrs of plane trees
32 cm. high; 44.5 cm. in maximum width
Exhibition
IIème Exposition d’Etrennes d’Art de La Plume, 1901:
97. Porte-journaux “Houx”, 50 fr.
Bibliography
Karin Blanc, Ferronnerie en Europe au XXème siècle, éditions Monelle Hayot, 2015, ill. p. 156
MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – LEON KANN – “VASE GOURDE DE BRUYERES”
“VASE GOURDE DE BRUYERES”
Pâte Nouvelle (PN) of 1900
Designed by L. Kann, 1899
21 cm. high
Bibliography
Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé, Barbara Mundt, La porcelaine européenne au XIXe siècle, Office du Livre, Fribourg, Suisse, 1983, ill. p. 252, board 413
Jean Paul Midant, SEVRES La Manufacture au XXème siècle, Paris, Michel Aveline Editeur, 1992, p. 38
Provenance
An identical piece in a paler and monochromic shade can be found in the collections of the Musée National de Céramique in Sèvres, inventory n. MNC 25 522
Another item is part of Mobilier National’s collection
A third piece is in the collection of the Musée National Adrien-Dubouché in Limoges, inventory n. 7704
LUCIEN GAILLARD – CLEMENT MASSIER – “CHARDONS” VASE, CIRCA 1900
“CHARDONS” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Turquoise and brown ceramic, with two handles in the shape of horns, imitating Chinese vases
Silver mount adorned with thistles
Small warranty silver and Lucien Gaillard hallmarks
LG seal in a rectangle
8 cm. high
Bibliography
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau – The French Aesthetic, Andreas Papadakis publisher, London, 2002, ill. p. 399
Provenance
Lillian Nassau, New York, acquired in 1994
LUCIEN GAILLARD – “POURPRE D’AUTOMNE” PERFUME BOTTLE, CIRCA 1900
“POURPRE D’AUTOMNE” PERFUME BOTTLE, CIRCA 1900
Decorated with leaves and fruits from red chestnut trees
Enameled stopper
Titled on each side
Comes with its splendid marbled box, with a round label showing the same pattern as on the bottle, garnished with satin (slightly stained)
Executed for Volnay (Veolay), “Veolay” being the phonetic transcription of “Volnay” found on the bottles intended for the American market.
11,6 cm. high (very rare in this size)
Bibliography
Christie Mayer Lefkowith, L’Art du Parfum, éditions Celiv, 1994, ill. p. 137
LUCIEN GAILLARD – “SAUVAGEONE CLAMY” PERFUME BOTTLE, 1913
“SAUVAGEONNE CLAMY” PERFUME BOTTLE, 1913
Moulded glass, square section, the stopper and the four faces decorated with poppy flowers
Signed and titled sauvageonne clamy on one of the flowers
6.3 cm. high
LUCIEN GAILLARD – “PERVERS DE CLAMY” PERFUME BOTTLE, 1913
“PERVERS DE CLAMY” PERFUME BOTTLE, 1913
Moulded glass, pyramidal shape, the stopper decorated with a snake
Titled Pervers and Clamy
5.5 cm. high
FRENCH – PITCHER, CIRCA 1900
PITCHER, CIRCA 1900
Important pitcher in green marble, decorated with algae, brown patinated bronze mount, embellished with aquatic plants
30 cm. high
ALBERT DAMMOUSE – COUPE, 1899
COUPE, 1899
Footed coupe in brown stoneware engraved with flowers and leaves in relief and embellished with cream-colored flowers and green leaves in porcelain, the inside of the neck covered in sang-de-boeuf and turquoise blue enamel
Impressed circular stamp signature
12.5 cm high
Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1899
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, July 1899, pages 4 and 104
CARLO BUGATTI – ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD – FISH PLATE, 1907
FISH PLATE, 1907
Long silver plate, decorated with marine monsters
Signed Bugatti and A. A. Hébrard Rue Royale Paris
Hallmarks
62 cm. long; 30.5 cm. wide
To this day, only one other example of this model is known to exist, sold at the sale of Maître Thierry de Maigret, Paris, Art Nouveau – Art Déco, 7 April 2004, lot 111
The provenance indicated in the catalog stated “Formerly in the collection of Miss S., close relation to Hébrard. Inheritance of her niece, Miss X.”
This model was exhibited at the Galerie Hébrard, 8 rue Royale, Paris, 2 – 25 December 1907
Exhibition
Galerie A.-A. Hébrard, 8, rue Royale, Paris, 2 – 25 December 1907
ReConnaître Carlo Bugatti, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 10 April – 15 July 2001, ill. p. 61, n. 79 in the exhibition catalog
Uzès Exposition, ancien Évêché, Monticelli, précurseur de l’impressionnisme & Bugatti, une dynastie de créateurs, 22 June – 13 October, 2024
Bibliography
ReConnaître Carlo Bugatti, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 2001, ill. p. 58 and p. 61, n. 79 in the exhibition catalog
EMILE GALLE – “LA FORÊT LORRAINE” DESK, CIRCA 1900
“LA FORÊT LORRAINE” DESK, CIRCA 1900
Exotic marquetry inlaid wood
108 cm. high; 72 cm. wide; 50 cm. deep
Bibliography
An identical model is illustrated in the catalogue L’Ecole de Nancy, Art Nouveau et industrie d’Art, Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, 2018, p. 96
Alastar Duncan, Georges de Bartha, Gallé Furniture, Antique Collectors' club, 2012, ill. p. 239