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LOUIS-MAURICE BOCQUET – SUZANNE LALIQUE HAVILAND – MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – “MEZY” CANDY BOX, 1921

“MEZY” CANDY BOX, 1921
Porcelain, the lid decorated with stylized blue, green and brown flowers on a white background,
the base adorned with a geometrical frieze in the same tones on a white background
Signed under its base d’après Mme Lalique Haviland and 8 EX. EX. No7
Initials of the designer MB (for M. L. Bocquet)
Bearing manufacturing and decoration seals
7 cm. high; 14 cm. diameter

Exhibition
Sèvres – Elégance du 20ème siècle, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 2 October-19 December 1993, n. 46 in the catalog

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MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – ANNE-MARIE FONTAINE – BONBONNIERE, 1922

BONBONNIERE, 1922
Polychrome and gilded porcelain, decorated with stylized branches and flowers
Designed by Dunaime
Decorated by Miss Anne-Marie Fontaine
Bearing manufacture and decoration stamps of 1922
Signed under its base A M Fontaine and the letter J
6 cm. high; 11 cm in diameter

Bibliography
Lechevallier-Chevignard, Georges “La Décoration Moderne à la Manufacture de Sèvres“, Ch. Massin & Cie Editeurs, Paris, s.d. pl.5

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MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – VASE, 1938

VASE, 1938
Model: PROU N.1
Author of the shape: René Prou
Decorated by Susanne Kaehrling in 1938
Decorated with reeds highlighted with gold, a bather, fishing boats and houses
Signed, rose seal, letter K and numbered 5935
45 cm. high

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MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – “VASE D’IGNY B”, 1921

“VASE D’IGNY B”, 1921
“Femme aux fleurs”
Shape designed by Alexandre Sandier, 1897
Decor by Robert Bonfils
Decorator: Marcel-Jean Piquet, 1921
Bearing the monogram MP (Marcel-Jean Piquet)
23.5 cm. high

Bibliography:
Lechevallier-Chevignard, Georges La Décoration Moderne à la Manufacture de Sèvres, Ch. Massin & Cie Editeurs, Paris, s.d. pl. 4
Les Oeuvres de la Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Vol. III, Les Vases et pièces décorées, ill., référence 2050 & 2051

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MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – D’ALENCON VASE, 1926-1936

VASE, 1926-1936
Model: D’ALENCON
Shape designed by: Alexandre Sandier, 1906
Decorated by: Adrien-Auguste Leduc, decorator at Sèvres from 1923 until 1948
After a design by François Quelvée

Glazed ceramic, with a stylized decor of woman in an exotic landscape
Bearing the manufacturing marks Made in France and S 1926 DN (for pâte dure nouvelle)
and decorating marks Manufacture Nationale RF Décoré à Sèvres 1936
Signed in the decor A. Leduc d’ap. F. Quelvée
90 cm. high
37 cm. diameter

We are not aware of the existence of another similar vase. Vessels of that size were extremely difficult to manufacture

Exhibition
Sèvres – Elégance du 20ème siècle. L’Exposition des porcelaines de style Art Déco,
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, 2 October-19 December 1993, n. 21 in the exhibition catalogue