“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
Four examples of this model were executed and only one other severely damaged has appeared in auction in 2016
Presently on loan to the Musée du Verre François Décorchemont, in Conches-en-Ouches
PITCHER, CIRCA 1900
Grès with a floral design on a turquoise background with sang-de-boeuf glaze
Signed underneath with the initials and S (For Sèvres)
Height: 11 cm.
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Transparent glass slightly tinted in green and mottled white. Design of mulberry branches, leaves and fruits applied in translucid green and amethyst enamels highlighted with gold
14 cm. high
WATERCOLOR
Watercolor used for the illustration of “Gargantua and Pantagruel” by François Rabelais
Signed bottom right and annotated on the left Livre 1 Chap LV
IMPORTANT FOOTED BOWL, CIRCA 1900
Silver, baluster shape, with a design of clovers. Internal and external parts engraved with undulating streaks
Bearing the French Minerva mark and silversmith mark
“MISTERIO DE LA NOCHE” (MYSTERY OF THE NIGHT), 1900-1905
Sang-de-boeuf grès in the shape of a moon profile ending at the base as joined hands
Signed with the monogram of the artist and numbered 1
Height: 18 cm.
A similar work in blue and white enamel is part of the collection of the Fina Arts Museum of Bilbao, inventory number 07/415
Bibliography
La Gran Enciclopedia Vasca, Bilbao, vol. VIII, n°80, ill. on the cover and titled “Luna”
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 153
SHOULDERED BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1900
Grès with a design in pâte d’émail of anemones and white rowan, yellow-green and brown on a red ocher background
Signature with stamp
IMPORTANT VASE, CIRCA 1900
Shouldered baluster vase in grès with green and burgundy drippings at the neck on a white
background, the design attributed to Maurice Dufrêne
Interior with sang-de-boeuf drippings
Signed Glatigny and numbered 277
Height: 40 cm.
Bibliography
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 188
COVERED POT, CIRCA 1900
Grès in slate color with brown and green glaze. The lid is openwork and decorated with fruits and stems
Bearing the monogram of the artist on both parts
Diameter of the base (incl. the handles): 39 cm.
Diameter of the lid (incl. the handles): 36 cm.
Height: 22 cm.
BOTTLE, 1904
Grès in a vegetal shape and a small handle at the neck
Polychrome enamel in shades of green, brown, blue and sang-de-boeuf
Signed in full and impressed with a trefoil mark
The underside with a label : Collection / Gaston Derys / 10 rue Poussin / Paris
Height: 32 cm.
Exhibition Art Nouveau Belgium / France, Houston & Chicago, 1976, similar model ill. n°266, page 187
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Vase in the shape of a bottle in light beige grès, with a design of a wreath of flowers and leaves
Signed with the monogram of the artist
The base in gilt bronze, with a design of flowers, signed with the initials of the artist
Height: 33 cm
Bibliography
L. de Fourcaud, Les Arts décoratifs au Salon de 1899 / Les objets d’art (II)
La Société Nationale Revue des Arts décoratifs, 1899, page 330 :
Michel Cazin offers us a beautiful suite of whitish, reddish and dark vases, decorated with a relief of mistletoe, oak, foliage and woven cords
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics : An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 99
“A LA BELLE ETOILE”, 1902
Grès depicting a couple sitting on a bench and a sleeping character on the other side of the bench
Signed
Marked Hector CACCIPUOTTI / Editeur / 65 rue Violet à Paris and Société des Artistes Réalistes, Marque déposée Paris
Height: 21 cm.
Exhibition
V. Pica, Artisti Contemporanei: Karl Millès, Emporium XXIX, no. 196, Jan. 1909, pp. 3-19, ill. p. 12
BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1905
Gray-beige enamel on a blue background. Openwork design with stylized flowers
Signed E Decœur, engraved trefoil mark under the piece
