Read more GEORGES DE FEURE – “LES LYS ET LA MORT”, CIRCA 1900 “LES LYS ET LA MORT”, CIRCA 1900 Chinese ink and watercolor drawing Signed lower right and also signed and dedicated left 25 x 17 cm.
Read more RUPERT CARABIN – MIRROR, 1896-1897 MIRROR, 1896-1897 Rectangular shape in wood, the frame in repoussé copper with a dark brown patina Design of trees, reeds and three women Signed lower left 45 x 60 cm. Exhibition Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1897, n. 190-1 Les Industries d’Arts au Salon de la Libre Esthétique dans le Musée d’Art Moderne de Bruxelles, 1897 Exposition Carabin, Musée Galliéra 1934-1935 Exposition Carabin, Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, 1974 Bibliography Catalogue de l’exposition L’Œuvre de Rupert Carabin 1862-1932, Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, 1974, p. 178 ill. under the n. 82 Catalogue de l’exposition L’Art Nouveau : La révolution décorative, 18 April 2013 – 8 September 2013, Éditions Skira, 2013, Paris, the model in bronze ill. p. 59
Read more ALFRED JOREL – “JEUNE FILLE AU CHAT”, CIRCA 1900 “JEUNE FILLE AU CHAT”, CIRCA 1900 Statuette in sculpted wood and patinated ivory The base in marble Signed Height: 11 cm. Alfred Jorel was Sociétaire des Artistes Français and exhibited in Gallièra in 1903. (Exposition de l’ivoire), in 1908 (Exposition de la Parure Précieuse de la Femme) and in 1914 (Exposition de la Statuette). His pieces are unique
Read more ERNEST-EMILE CHAPLET – PITCHER (ATELIER D’AUTEUIL, PERIOD 1882-1886) PITCHER (ATELIER D’AUTEUIL, PERIOD 1882-1886) Enamelled grès Signed Height: 33 cm. Bibliography The Paris Salons, p. 82
Read more HENRI HUSSON – LARGE FOOTED COUPE, CIRCA 1907-1910 LARGE FOOTED COUPE, CIRCA 1907-1910 Patinated copper inlaid and applied with silver flowers and leaves Bears the artist’s seal and signed by hand underneath H. Husson Diameter: 30.5 cm. Height: 7 cm.
Read more FRANCOIS-RUPERT CARABIN – “AUBERGINE” COVERED BOX, 1896 “AUBERGINE” COVERED BOX, 1896 Red burgundy enamelled grès shaped like an eggplant. The mount in wrought iron Signed with the monogram of the artist 28 cm. long Exhibition Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1897 Cocarde, 22 October 1897 L’Oeuvre de Rupert Carabin, Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris, 1974, n. 186, ill. p. 227
Read more PIERRE RANSON – “PRAIRIE ET RUISSEAU” “PRAIRIE ET RUISSEAU” Pastel Signed lower right 46 x 29.5 cm. Bibliography Catalogue raisonné de l’artiste, Brigitte Ranson Bitker, Gilles Genty, Paris, 1999, n. 677, ill. p. 361
Read more ALBERT DAMMOUSE – PIERRE ROCHE – PLATE, CIRCA 1900 PLATE, CIRCA 1900 Stoneware Stamped A DAMMOUSE, with the letter S (for Sèvres) 23 cm. diameter Bibliography Paul Arthur French, Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 327 No other similar piece executed by Dammouse is known to exist. Nevetheless we know Alexandre Bigot executed similar works designed by the sculptor Pierre Roche, who collaborated with Dammouse. This piece is probably a result of their collaboration
Read more HENRI SIMMEN – VASE, 1910-1914 VASE, 1910-1914 Grès with a symmetrical design. Dark brown, light brown and black enameled glaze Signed Height: 28.5 cm. Diameter: 13 cm.
Read more HENRI SIMMEN – EXCEPTIONAL VASE, 1910-1914 EXCEPTIONAL VASE, 1910-1914 Grès, with brown-black painted decoration of three stylised women in the manner of the work of Mackintosh at the Glascow school and the drawings by Hoffman of the Vienna Secession Application of gold pastilles in relief Signed H Simmen Height: 35.5 cm. Provenance Collection Marcel Tessier (1934-2024), s.c.p. Antoine Glück et Etienne Mercier, Drouot, Rive-gauche, 16 June 1978, lot n. 160, ill. p. 43 in the exhibition catalogue
Read more CHARLOTTE BESNARD – ALBERT DAMMOUSE – “LA SALAMANDRE”, CIRCA 1903 “LA SALAMANDRE”, CIRCA 1903 Stoneware overlaid with sang-de-boeuf and beige glaze Monogrammed AD and S (for Sèvres) and signed in full 20 x 21 x 15 cm. Identical example inventoried in the collections of the Petit Palais, musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris A similar example was part of the Marcel Tessier collection, Les Arts du Feu, Drouot, Mes Glück et Mercier, 16 June 1978, lot 77 Exhibition Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1903 Albert Besnard, Modernités Belle Epoque, Evian, Paris, 2016 Bibliography L’Art Décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, Armand Guérinet Editeur, Paris, 1903, ill. pl.1. Art et Décoration, June 1903, p. 200 Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma Editions, 2015, ill. p. 57
Read more ANDRE METTHEY – “ESCARGOT” VASE, CIRCA 1900 “ESCARGOT” VASE, CIRCA 1900 Polychrome grès Signed Height: 26 cm. Exhibition Société des Artistes Français, Paris 1903 Bibliography “M. Methey, lui, nous montre des pièces absolument réussies. Certaines sont fort belles de colorations, aux tons profonds et puissants. Certaines autres, l’une ornée de grenouilles, et surtout celle ornée d’escargots, ont un aspect un peu rustique tout à fait amusant. C’est là, en somme, un très bon envoi”. M. P.-Verneuil “Les Objets d’Art à la Société des Artistes Français”, Art et Décoration, July 1903, page 229
Read more FERDINAND FRICK – LITTLE GIRL PLAYING WITH HER CAT LITTLE GIRL PLAYING WITH HER CAT Bronze sculpture Signed Height: 24 cm
Read more ALFRED JOREL – SCULPTURE IN IVORY, CIRCA 1900 SCULPTURE IN IVORY, CIRCA 1900 Featuring a naked woman holding a garland of flowers on a pyramidal marble base Height: 23.5 cm 17.5 cm. high for the ivory
Read more PAUL GRANDHOMME – SET OF THREE RECTANGULAR PLAQUES, CIRCA 1890 SET OF THREE RECTANGULAR PLAQUES, CIRCA 1890 Mother-of-pearl, with a design in light relief of women in the antique style Signed Grandhomme Morel Height: 8 cm.
Read more ALFRED JOREL – TWO CHILDREN IN CLOGS TWO CHILDREN IN CLOGS Pair of carved ivory statuettes Signed on the marble bases Height: 8.7 cm and 8.8 cm. Total height: 13.3 cm. and 13.4 cm.
Read more BING & GRONDAHL – VASE, CIRCA 1900 VASE, CIRCA 1900 Porcelain, with a polychrome country design Bearing the manufacturer’s stamp, numbered 6760/95 and bearing the decorator’s mark Height: 27 cm
Read more BING & GRONDAHL – KAI NIELSEN – SET OF FIVE FIGURES, CIRCA 1900-1910 SET OF FIVE FIGURES, CIRCA 1900-1910 Grès, featuring fauns and women in harvest scenes Signed, bearing the manufacturer stamp Height: 9.5 to 23 cm. Bibliography Skonvirke, vol. 1, 1914-15, p. 40
Read more HENRI SIMMEN – IMPORTANT VASE, CIRCA 1911 IMPORTANT VASE, CIRCA 1911 Large grès baluster footed vase decorated with brown and black enamel dotted spiral patterns Signed. With original handwritten label H° 1 250 Height: 34 cm. Exhibition Salon d’Automne, Paris, 1911
Read more AUGUSTE LEDRU – THIEBAUT FRÈRES – IMPORTANT VASE, CIRCA 1900 IMPORTANT VASE, CIRCA 1900 Bronze with a brown patina, decor in light relief of several figures. The handle in the shape of a naked woman Signed Height: 51 cm. Exhibition SNBA 1895 Bibliography The Paris Salons, ill. p. 372 (model in pewter)
Read more EMILE GALLE – LOUIS HESTAUX – “CHAUVE-SOURIS ET PAVOTS” BOTTLE, CIRCA 1890-1892 “CHAUVE-SOURIS ET PAVOTS” BOTTLE, CIRCA 1890-1892 After a design by Louis Hestaux Multilayered and parly hammered glass, acid-etched and wheel-carved decor of a bat and poppies Signed underneath: Emile Gallé fecit. 24.5 cm. high Exhibition Exposition Emile Gallé et Toulouse-Lautrec / Lumières et couleurs de la Belle Epoque, 1995, Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, p. 30 et 31 in the exhibition catalogue, n. 16 Exhibition on Emile Gallé in five museums in Japan between April 2000 and March 2001, ill. p. 57, 58 and 59, n. 19 in the catalogue. Gallé et le Japonisme, 2008, Tokyo-Osaka, n. 62 in the exhibition catalogue Emile Gallé / Nature & Symbolisme / Influences du Japon, Musée Départemental Georges de la Tour, Vic-sur-Seille, 5 May-30 August 2009, ill. p. 135, n.114 Bestiaire de verre, de la fin du XIXe siècle à nos jours, Musée du verre, Conches en Ouche, 9 March-24 November 2019, ill. pp. 16, 17 Bibliography Janine Bloch-Dermant, L’Art du verre en France 1860-1914, Edita Denoël, 1974, ill. p. 63
Read more ALEXANDRE BIGOT – ALFRED JEAN HALOU – “SERPENT ENSERRANT UN CRAPAUD”, MODEL OF 1898 “SERPENT ENSERRANT UN CRAPAUD”, MODEL OF 1898 Very rare plate in grès Signed and dated 1900 Tiny old restoration Diameter : 27 cm Exhibition At the Exposition Universelle of 1900, Bigot had his own pavilion entirely made in grès. He also exhibited afresco of three squares depicting a circle of toads after Halou. At the end of the exhibition, the entire pavilion was acquired by the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest
Read more EMILE GALLE – VASE, CIRCA 1900 VASE, CIRCA 1900 Multi layered glass with powder inclusions, thickly overlaid and carved with a crocus Signed with a diamond point Height: 14 cm.
Read more MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – LOUIS-MAURICE BOCQUET – GENEVIEVE RAULT – VASES D’ANGERS, 1902 VASES D'ANGERS, 1902 Hard-paste porcelain. Polychrome design of fuschias Author of the decor: Geneviève RAULT Decorated by: Louis-Marie BOCQUET Height: 60 cm Bibliography L'Art Décoratif, June 1902, ill. p. 126