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BRETONNE A LA COIFFE, 1904
Biscuit
Signed. Bearing the manufacturer seal for 1904 and the initials HR for Henri Robert (molder)
This model was also edited in bronze
11 x 12 cm.
SMALL POT, 1905
Beige-brown enameled grés decorated with a frieze of clovers in blue pastel
Signed and dated 1905
9 cm. high
TINY BOWL DECORATED WITH ALGAE AND SHELLS, MODEL H, FIRST VERSION IN 1906
Pâte d’émail
Signed with the artist’s seal and dated in ink 1906
4 x 8.4 cm.
Exhibition
Véronique Ayrolles, François Décorchemont, Maître de la pâte de verre, Norma éditions, Paris, 2006, ill. p. 221, model H
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
Provenance
Acquired directly from the Décorchemont workshop by the last owner
BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1900
Beige stoneware
Signed, located Paris and numbered 1126
25.5 cm. high
INKWELL, CIRCA 1900
Stoneware featuring a small crab forming lid laying on algae
Signed by both artists
38 cm. long
Bibliography
Hélène Bédague, Alexandre Bigot, Chimiste et Céramiste, éditions Louvre Victoire, Paris, 2016,
ill. p. 185
“RAISINS” PLANTER, CIRCA 1900
Pâte de verre
Signed
Height: 16 cm.
Width: 24 cm.
SMALL VASE, CIRCA 1900
Green stoneware with orange-brown nuances and crystallizations on one side. The mount by Gustave Keller in silver with a decor in spiral of flowering branches embellished with small coral beads. Signed with the circular stamp, silver hallmark (twice) on the mount, with silversmith mark and G. KELLER in full letter
Height: 14.5 cm.
“LA DANSE DU VENTRE, SCENE DE HAREM”, 1892
Fire engraved wood panel with gold and silver highlights
Signed lower left and dated 1892
160.5 x 58.5 cm.
With the frame: 170 x 69 cm.
In 1892, Victor Prouvé executed his first two major panels using the pyrography technique which he exhibited at René Wiener’s shop. Both were inspired by oriental dancers. One depicted Javanese dancers (location unknown) and the other is our present example
Exhibition
Roger Marx, un critique aux côtés de Gallé, Monet, Rodin, Gauguin..., Nancy, musée des Beaux-Arts,
musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, 6 May-28 August 2006, ill. p. 191, n. 110 in the exhibition catalogue
Victor Prouvé 1858-1945, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, 17 May-21 September 2008, ill. p. 147, n. 30 in the exhibition catalogue
Bibliography
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau: The French Aesthetic, Andreas Papadakis publisher, 2002, ill. p. 169
Provenance
Collection of Mr Solvay, acquired directly from Victor Prouvé for 450 francs
A PAIR OF CHARMING PLATES, CIRCA 1900
One decorated with flowers and leaves in polychrome enamel, signed at the back AD / S and
numbered 9, the other with a crab amidst seaweeds in polychrome enamel, signed at the back AD / S.
Diameter: 13 cm.
“LA COMEDIE”, CIRCA 1905
Bronze with a brown patina. Lost wax cast by Hébrard
Signed, with foundry mark
Exhibition
Musée Galliéra. Exposition du Fer Forgé, du Cuivre et de l’Etain, 1905
According to Raymond Huard and Pierre Maillot, authors of Jules Desbois sculpteur, le cherche midi éditeur, January 2000, a bronze example, cast by Hébrard, would have been exhibited in 1905 in Venice and Berlin
A statuette, in plaster, is part of the collections of the musée du Petit Palais in Paris. 0,320 x 0,180 x 0,168 cm.
Bibliography
1905, Musée Galliéra. Exposition du Fer Forgé, du Cuivre et de l’Etain. A jug in pewter was executed in the workshops of SIOT-DECAUVILLE. The showcase 7 executed in copper by Henri Husson and contains: a coupe Champignon, a vase Les Nymphes , four statuettes Feuilles d’Automne, Comédie, Musique and La Fleur; Les Remous (?), a vase Satyres, deux plates Tête de femme and Nénuphars, a bowl Libellule and a small bowl with handles Libellule, a pitcher Le Houblon in pewter and copper. All these objects are edited by A.-A. HEBRARD. Showcase 9: Tobacco pot in pewter (SIOT-DECAUVILLE), a decorative plate in pewter belonging to the museum
The small bowl Libellule is illustrated in the Rapport Général de l’Exposition by Pierre ROCHE, p. 11
Raymond Huard , Pierre Maillot, Jules Desbois sculpteur, le cherche midi éditeur, the model in plaster is illustrated p. 105, under the number 16
VASE, CIRCA 1920
Large conical shaped mold blown glass vase, multilayered with powder inclusions, featuring an aquatic
decor with shells, a crab and plants
Signed
Height : 47 cm
GLASS HANGING FIXTURE
Enamelled glass hanging fixture in the style of mosque lamps, spherical shape, neo-Islamic decoration
Height: 24 cm.
Diameter: 21.5 cm
“LES AMOUREUX SUR UN BANC”, 1906
Bronze. Lost wax cast by Hébrard
Signed. Bearing the foundry mark
10 x 12 cm.
BOWL, CIRCA 1900
Hammered copper with oxidized patina and silver inlay with a decor of thistle
Signed and numbered 24 and bearing the mark HH
6 x 24.5 cm.
The drawing is not for sale
“AUX CAMPANULES” NEST OF FOUR OCCASIONAL TABLES, CIRCA 1900
Graduated in size, sculpted wood, the tops inlaid in various woods, including rosewood, with magnolia, daisies and other flowers and leaves
Each signed Gallé
The largest: 75 cm. high; 70.5 cm. wide; 42 cm. deep
Bibliography
A table with the same sculpted decor is illustrated in: Gallé furniture, Antique collectors club, 2012,
p. 174
VASE, CIRCA 1890
Multilayered transparent bulbous glass vase overlaid in brown, finely engraved featuring a medieval woman spinning wool
Signed under the base A. Reyen / Paris
Height: 20 cm.
VASE CIRCA 1900
Model number 3227
Mottled ground overlaid in blue, acid etched, and wheel carved; decorated with blue berries
The original foot was broken and replaced with a wooden one at the factory
Provenance
Acquired directly at the crystal Daum factory in 1994
“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
“ALGUES MARINES” OR “LEZARD ET CORAIL”
Gypsography in two colors
From an edition of 100, from “L’Estampe Originale” published by André Marty and Roger Marx
Numbered 62, signed in pencil. The double sheet on the back that contains the dry seal is missing
Similar model (n. 49) at the Fine Arts Institute of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, 1963.30.1523. Another one at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Another one (n. 86) at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Exhibition
Sea Algae (Algues marines), 1893, another example in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Accession number 22.82.1-35
Bibliography
Stein and Karshan 70
BUST OF A YOUNG WOMAN
Model of the sculptor CISEAU
Patinated terracotta
Signed. Bearing the editor’s mark and numbered 2789
Height: 60 cm.
Width : 44 cm.
Bibliography
Robert E. Dechant, Filipp Goldscheider, Goldscheider, History of the Company and Catalogue of Works, Arnoldsche, p. 366, n. 2789
“ELEGANTE AU CHALE” NIGHTLIGHT, CIRCA 1900
Bronze with a green and medal patina
Signed LEO LAPORTE-BLAIRSY and VB
Height: 25 cm.
“DANSEUSE TAMBOURIN A DROITE, N. 4, 1ERE GRANDEUR”
Biscuit
Signed and bearing the manufacturer's stamps
Height: 49 cm.
Identical model in the following public collections:
Frankfort, Museum für Kunsthandwerk
Hambourg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
Copenhagen, Kunst-Industri-Museet
London, Victoria & Albert Museum
Saint-Petersbourg, Ermitage
Sèvres, musée national de Céramique
Bibliography
Agathon Léonard , Le geste Art nouveau, Somogy éditions d'art, 2003, ill. p. 51 n. 12 in the exhibition catalogue at the museums of Roubaix and Beauvais
“FLEUR DE POIS” CANDLESTICK, CIRCA 1900
Pewter
Signed
Bibliography
Maison Siot-Decauville catalogue, ill. pl. 87
“COQUILLE GALLIERA”, CIRCA 1900
Bronze
Signed and bearing the foundry mark
Height: 20 cm.
Exhibition
Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 1898
Bibliography
Revue des Arts décoratifs, 1898, pl. hors texte
