“LE PRINTEMPS DES COEURS”
Paris, Piazza, 1902. 1 volume in 8°
60 compositions en couleurs et or d'Etienne Dinet, dont six hors texte. Légendes sahariennes recueillies par Sliman Ben Ibrahim BAAMER, traduites et illustrées par Etienne Dinet, exemplaire n° 287/300 sur papier vélin à la cuve des manufactures Blanchet et Kléber. Couverture et dos conservés. Reliure de René Kieffer. Maroquin havane, plats ornés, femme saharienne et palmiers sur le premier plat, porte et feuillages sur le 2ème plat. Décor mos. ovales sur les contre-plats sertis à froid, encadrements de filets d'or, gardes de soie, décor floral, tête dorée, étui à bandes de maroquin havane.
Catherine Lacaille, lyonnaise, a beaucoup travaillé sur des cuirs et sur des cuivres. Ele produit en outre des émaux de qualité dont un des plus beaux est : “M. Rollet dans sa bibliothèque”.
“LA SOIF”, CIRCA 1900
An earthenware coloquinte
Signed A. Finot sc / J.P. Mougin ceram. and numbered 2499
19 cm. high
An identical model is part of the collection of the Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy
Bibliography La Lorraine Artiste, december 1900, ill. p. 156 Art Nouveau Belgium/France, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1976, p. 275, n°438
Jacques G. Peiffer, Nancy 1900, Gérard Klopp s.a. éditor, 1989, ill. p. 211
Jean-Paul Midant, L’Art Nouveau en France, L’Aventurine, Paris, 1999, ill p. 68
Renate Ulmer, Art Nouveau Symbolismus und Jugendstil in Frankreich, Arnoldsche, 1999, ill. p. 281, n. 277
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma Editions, 2015, ill p. 155
VASE, 1897
Superb polychrome enameled porcelain vase decorated with flowers, foliage, a butterfly
and an insect highlighted in gold
Signed underneath with the initials SHG, dated 1897 et bearing the letters CN (for Camille Naudot)
incised in the paste
17.5 cm. high
Sieffert, Harant and Guignard (originally Harant et Guignard) were mainly Parisian retailers
of crystal and glass, they did however sell some ceramics, and commissioned pieces. Indeed, they acquired the firm of Charles Lerosey (Le Rosey),
who decorated soft-paste porcelain vases by Naudot, often with Japoniste floral designs and
sometimes with émail cloissoné, following the technique introduced by Thesmar to Sèvres.
Some pieces were decorated by Louis Eugéne Sieffert, others by Adolphe Faugeron.
Their works were exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle.
Their work seems to be quite rare. (Information graciously provided by Professor Paul Arthur).
SET OF SIX SPOONS, 1907
Silver
In its original box
With French Minerva mark and silversmith’s mark
15 cm. long
Exhibition
Galerie A.-A. Hébrard, 8, rue Royale, Paris, 2 December-25 December 1907 ReConnaître Carlo Bugatti, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 10 April-15 July 2001, n. 78 in the exhibition catalogue
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
“SINGE” WALL-LIGHT, CIRCA 1910
Patinated bronze
Signed E. M. Sandoz
40 cm. high
Concerning Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, the absence of a foundry mark indicates that it is a piece made for his personal use or for a special commission. The pieces intented for edition were cast by Susse or Valsuani (lately). Robecchi executed works only at the sculptor’s request from plaster casts
Bibliography L’Art décoratif, May 1914, ill. p. 174
Félix Marcilhac, Sandoz sculpteur figuriste et animalier, ill. p. 390-391, n. 773
CUP AND SAUCER, 1895-1896
Enameled porcelain
In its box set
Bearing the monogram of the artist; the cup dated 1895 and the saucer 1896. Marked C N
The cup: 6 cm. high; 7.3 cm. diameter
The saucer: 13 cm. diameter
“BAIGNEUSE” BOTTLE AND “LES TROIS AGES DE LA VIE” STOPPER, CIRCA 1900 Patinated bronze Signed J. Desbois and numbered 804 B
22 cm. high
Bibliography
Catalogue de la maison Siot-Decauville, ill. p.104
Philippe Dahhan, Etains 1900, Les éditions de l’amateur, Paris, 2000, ill p. 116, n. 293-295 (Model in pewter)
