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BOWL, CIRCA 1900
Iridescent glass; the silver mount by Alphonse Debain
The base signed Escalier De crystal and bearing the French Minerva mark and silversmith mark
11.5 cm. high
11 cm. diameter
FOOTED BALUSTER VASE D’ACCUEIL “PITIE” OR “CHARITE”, CIRCA 1899-1900
Flaring waisted rim, nocturnal and symbolic subject depicting a woman supporting an old man wrapped in a blanket, the background designed as a landscape with bats in flight
Wheel engraved signature
27.8 cm. high
This is a unique piece executed for the 1900 Exposition Universelle (See: Victor Prouvé 1858-1943, éditions Gallimard, 2008, p. 196) and the letter herebelow which Gallé addressed to Prouvé giving him instructions regarding the subject of the vase. He quotes Matthew 25:31-46
I was naked and you clothed me
I was a stranger and you welcomed me
Exhibition
Victor Prouvé 1858-1943, Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, 17 May-21 September 2008, ill. p. 205, n. 144 in the exhibition catalogue
Victor Prouvé, le Maître de l’art Nouveau à Issy, Musée Français de la carte à jouer, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 11 May-14 August 2022
Bibliography
Extracts from a letter by Emile Gallé to Victor Prouvé dated the 25th of January 1899
“… Thème décoratif. – Cette pièce devra faire partie d’une série rêvée par moi de Fruits spirituels, les uns bons et les autres mauvais. Celle-ci sera la pomme de sapin, vaguement rappelée par la forme du vase avec la large figuration neigeuse sur son épaulement de bronze, formant ainsi cadre au sujet inspiré de ce thème :
Car j’ai eu froid et vous m’avez réchauffé
J’étais étranger et vous m’avez recueilli
… Il s’agit donc de figurer un miséreux, demi nu, auquel des hôtes, eux-mêmes peu fortunés, offrent leur coeur et leur foyer ; Puvis, si je me souviens, avait prêté à ses hospitaliers homme et femme un grand âge, ce qui était touchant et faisait un rappel de Philémon et Baucis.
Afin de ne pas trop compliquer (car nous avons bien d’autres thèmes à dire, en un an !) un seul hospitalisé pourrait suffire, avec un pauvre accroupi frileux devant le feu, et des invités plus modestes et non moins intéressants, des oiseaux sur une place sans neige, un chien perdu qui dévore timidement à l’écart…
… P.S. – Bien entendu, je compte enlever le noir du col et n’en laisser que peu (vol de corneilles scématisées, ou écailles de sapin). Je laisserai la bague noire…” (La Revue des arts décoratifs, 1901, p. 312).
Victor Prouvé, le Maître de l’art Nouveau à Issy, Musée Français de la carte à jouer, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 11 May-14 August 2022, ill. p. 12
Le Journal des Arts, n. 592, 24 June-7 July 2022, p. 21
Provenance
Acquired in 1999 from a private collection, France
WALL SHELF, CIRCA 1900
Carved oak with a repoussé leather panel featuring a mountain landscape design.
Bearing a monogram.
55 x 78 cm.
Etagère murale en chêne sculpté, panneau en cuir repoussé à décor de paysage montagneux.
Porte un monogramme.
55 x 78 cm
“GRAND VASE TROIS FIGURES”, DESIGNED IN 1914, EXECUTED IN 1914-1919
Model n. 59, translucent and partly coloured pâte-de-verre, decorated with three relief
moulded medallions, each featuring a women set in profile
Stamped with artist circular mark
Height: 22.5 cm.
Exhibition
Véronique Ayroles, François Decorchemont Maître de la pâte de verre, éditions Norma, 2006,
ill. p. 65 and 239 for the design
Musée du Verre François Décorchemont, Conches-en-Ouches, François Décorchemont – L’alchimie de la matière, de la couleur et de la lumière, 24 May 2025 – 30 November 2025
Four examples of this model were executed and only one other severely damaged has appeared in auction in 2016
“AUX LIBELLULES”, A RARE VITRINE, CIRCA 1900
Carved walnut, rosewood, burr elm, ash,
pearwood, atapa and other marquetry inlay, bronze, carved with dragonflies and butterfly mounts
Inlaid signature
231 cm. high
127 cm. wide
“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
CRADLE, CIRCA 1910
Sculpted moulded walnut with floral decoration with two lateral uprights mounted on a curved foot axis
The basket with a frame in moulded walnut carved presents in its partitions a decoration painted with oil of roses
Height: 92 cm.
Width: 108 cm.
Depth: 56 cm.
“AUX GRENOUILLES” UMBRELLA STAND, CIRCA 1900
Sculpted wood, inlaid in various woods with an aquatic decor and a dragonfly; the feet sculpted in the shape of frog legs; the handles in patinated gilt bronze
Signed
73 cm. high; 52.5 cm. wide; 23.5 cm. deep
Exhibition
Art Nouveau Belgium France, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1976, p. 224, n. 341 in the exhibition catalogue
The marquetry front panel with a design of mushrooms
TWO COLOCYNTHS RARE VASE, CIRCA 1900
Japanese inspiration, in faience with a high-fired polychrome design on white glazed cover
The two colocynths have stylized cutouts on the belly, to receive the flowers
Some small scratches, firing cracks and a restored chip at the back
Black enamed signature under the base E. Gallé / Faïencerie de Nancy
Height: 33 cm
Bibliography
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 173
CANDY BOX – POSSIBLY UNIQUE, 1925
Clear glass with gold foil inclusions overlaid in deep violet and wheel carved with stylized flowers and leaves
Wheel engraved signature
34 cm. diameter
This piece was designed for the 1925 Exposition Universelle
Paul Racadot was the chief engraver at the Daum manufacture
Exhibition
Exposition Internationale des Arts décoratifs, 1925, Grand Palais, Paris
Bibliography
Janine Bloch-Dermant, Le verre en France d’Émile Gallé à nos jours, les éditions de l’amateur, 1983, ill. p. 48 on a period drawing (Daum archives) showing one of the display cabinets at the 1925 Exposition Universelle
Provenance
Collection Daum, acquired in 1987
A PAIR OF ENAMELLED CREAM JARS, CIRCA 1900
Acid-etched and enamelled glass with foil inclusions; original stoppers
Wheel engraved signature
8.5 cm. high
