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MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – ANDRE-FERNAND THESMAR – POWDER COMPACT, 1895

POWDER COMPACT, 1895
Polychrome enamel; gold mounted on a Sèvres porcelain. Inside the cotton is decorated with an enamelled ladybug on a gold bud
Signed with the monogram and bearing the inscription: Faite pour Antonia Howard Trip 1895.
Three initials are entangled in the design

6.7 cm. diameter

The same decor is found on a small box exhibited at the Exposition Universelle of 1900

CAMILLE NAUDOT – CUP, CIRCA 1900

CUP, CIRCA 1900
Openwork white porcelain; polychrome enamelled
The rim, base and the decor are highlighted with gold
Signed with the monogram of the artist
8.5 cm. high

Exhibition
Jugendstil aus Münchener Privatbesitz, Museum Villa Stuck, Münich 1972, n. 47

Provenance
Private collection Prof. Kurt Liebermeister, Munich

LUCIEN GAILLARD – VEVER – UMBRELLA HANDLE, CIRCA 1900

UMBRELLA HANDLE, CIRCA 1900
Orange lacquered wood and mottled black; chased silver rings decorated with thistles
Each ring bears the signature of Vever, with silversmith’s marks
30.8 cm. high

Exhibition
Maison Vever, 9 rue de la Paix, Paris, Dans l’intimité de Vever, bijoux et objets d’art depuis 1821,
June 1st – August 11th, 2023

ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – TEA SET, CIRCA 1900

TEA SET, CIRCA 1900
Silver and vermeil with a decor of flowers and fruits in the manner of Japanese Art
Comprising: a teapot, a sugar bowl, milk jug, a spoon. The cup and the saucer in polychome porcelain decorated with flowers
In its original box
With French Minerva mark and silversmith’s mark

Teapot: 12.5 cm. high
Sugar bowl: 8 cm. high
Milk jug: 4.2 cm. high
Cup: 4.7 cm. high

LOUIS HESTAUX – CARVED WOODEN TRAY, CIRCA 1900

CARVED WOODEN TRAY, CIRCA 1900
Representing a lyre player and a singer or a
poetess on a crescent moon and an undergrowth background
The back is carved with a decor of bird and branches
Bears an old label and numbered 18, signed lower left L. Hestaux
33 x 16.5 x 2 cm.

Acquired directly from the family in May 2008

HENRI DE VALLOMBREUSE – PITCHER, CIRCA 1900

PITCHER, CIRCA 1900
Grès with a light blue overlay and streaks
The handle in serpentine shape; the mount in pewter decorated with an enamel turquoise pattern
Signed
23 cm. high

Bibliogaphy
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma Editions, 2015,
ill. p. 358

LOUIS MATHEY – PURSE CLASP AND CHAIN, 1913

PURSE CLASP AND CHAIN, 1913
Chased silver; patinated and applied with a decor of leaves
Signed Louis Mathey, with silversmith mark LM (cat)

Exhibition
Salon de la Société des artistes français, Paris 1913

Bibliography
The Paris Salons, 1895-1914, Jewelry, vol. II, p. 107

CHARLES VITAL-CORNU – SUSSE FRERES – A COLOCYNTH VASE, CIRCA 1900

A COLOCYNTH VASE, CIRCA 1900
Porcelain, beige, brown and blue, featuring a woman holding the neck of a coloquinte
Signed Vital Cornu and Susse Fres Ed.
12.5 cm. high

Bibliography
Pierre Cadet, Susse Frères, 150 years of sculpture, p. 205, for the model in bronze, n. 427
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma Editions, 2015,, ill p. 365

CHARLES VITAL-CORNU – SUSSE FRERES – BEAKER, “LA VIGNE”, CIRCA 1900

BEAKER, “LA VIGNE”, CIRCA 1900
Beige ceramic with brown and orange streaks, decorated with a bacchus head and a nude
bacchanale holding vine branches with blue leaves and grapes
Bearing the monogram VC, signed Susse Frs Ed.
12.3 cm. high

Bibliography
Pierre Cadet, Susse Frères, 150 years of sculpture, p. 205, n. 428, for the model in bronze
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma Editions, 2015, ill. p. 365

JANVIER QUERCIA – J. PINTO – UMBRELLA HANDLE, CIRCA 1900

UMBRELLA HANDLE, CIRCA 1900
Silver gilt representing the dancer Loie Fuller
With silversmith and French Minerva marks
13 cm. long

Bibliography
A similar object, with 8 pegs and its original box of Bel Frères in Marseille, attributed to
“J. Pinto, France” was sold on April 24, 1971 to Parke-Bernet Galleries New York
Important Art New Jewelry & Objects of Virtue, Lot n.14

JULES PAUL BRATEAU – PEWTER BEAKERS AND PLATES, CIRCA 1900

PEWTER BEAKERS AND PLATES, CIRCA 1900
Beaker in chased pewter, decorated with ivy branches
Signed; inscribed: Lo puede lo que quiere (We can what we want). Model of 1887
11 cm. high

Bibliography
Similar example is part of the collections of the Musée d’Orsay, inv. N. DO 1986-79; illustrated in the catalogue
des Arts décoratifs, Musée d’Orsay, p. 43

Beaker in chased pewter, decorated with clovers
Signed; inscibed: numero Deus impare gaudet (God likes the odd number)
17 cm. high

Bibliography
Art et décoration, 1897, vol. II, p. 103
Roger Marx, La Décoration et les Industries d’Art à l’Exposition Universelle de 1900, Paris, Ch. Delagrave, 1901, ill. p. VII

Plate in pewter, decor of leaves and nuts
21 cm. diameter

Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
Société nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1901

Bibliography
Paul Vitry, L’Orfèvrerie à l’Exposition, Art et Décoration, December 1900, p. 171 : “Contentons-nous de signaler ses plats
exposés pour la première fois cette année: celui aux chrysanthèmes et celui aux noisettes, ainsi qu’une petite pendule
et un service à bière…”
La Revue de la bijouterie, joaillerie, orfèvrerie, November 1901, ill. p. 245
L’Art décoratif aux Salons de 1901, librairie d’Art décoratif, Armand Guérinet éditeur, pl. 87
Vever Henri, La bijouterie française au XIXème siècle, Vol. 3, p. 468

Plate in pewter; decorated with chrysanthemums
30 cm. diameter

Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
Société nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1901

Bibliography
Paul Vitry, L’Orfèvrerie à l’Exposition, Art et Décoration, December 1900, p. 171 : “Contentons-nous de signaler ses plats
exposés pour la première fois cette année : celui aux chrysanthèmes et celui aux noisettes, ainsi qu’une petite pendule
et un service à bière…”
La revue des arts décoratifs, 1901, p. 281
Revue de la bijouterie, joiaillerie, orfèvrerie, November 1901, ill. p. 245

HENRI JACOBS – BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1900

BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1900
Bronze with a black patina and decorated with a woman’s mask on one side and a mask of a
bearded man on the other side
Signed, with foundry mark H. LUPPENS & Cie / Bronzes d’Art / BRUXELLES
48 cm. high

EMILE ROBERT – PLANT STAND, CIRCA 1900

PLANT STAND, CIRCA 1900
Wrought iron
69 cm. high
92 cm. wide

The vase is sold separately

Bibliography
Karin Blanc, Ferronnerie en Europe au XXème siècle, éditions Monelle Hayot, 2015, ill. p. 195