LOUIS MAJORELLE – DAUM FRERES – VASE, CIRCA 1920
VASE, CIRCA 1920
Large rectangular transparent glass vase with inclusions of red powders and fragmented leaf motifs,
blown into a wrought iron mount
Signed
Height: 22.5 cm.

VASE, CIRCA 1920
Large rectangular transparent glass vase with inclusions of red powders and fragmented leaf motifs,
blown into a wrought iron mount
Signed
Height: 22.5 cm.
FOOTED BOWL
Thick amber glass deeply etched with a frieze of herringbone designs
Signed underneath with the artist’s monogram
10.5 x 14.5 cm.
VASE, MM 1248 (1926)
Deeply engraved glass with blue bubble inclusions simulating water
Signed
Height: 9.4 cm.
Bibliography
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot Artisan Verrier. Catalogue raisonné de l’Œuvre de verre, Les éditions de l’amateur, 2013, ill. p. 465
Provenance
Collection Estevez (1926)
Sotheby’s Belgravia, July 3, 1981, lot 176, sold for £3,600 on the hammer
Private collection, New York, USA
Acquired from the above
VASE, CIRCA 1920
Multilayered glass, acid-etched with a frieze of branches and leaves from which stylized fruits are suspended
Height: 30 cm.
BOWL, 1930
White pâte de verre with purple streaks
Signed with the artist’s seal and numbered B913
Diameter: 13.8 cm.
Height: 7 cm.
BOWL, MODEL 477, 1931
Mottled pâte de verre with streaks
Signed with the artist’s seal and numbered C280
Height: 10.5 cm.
From an edition of 3 examples
Bibliography
Véronique Ayroles, François Décorchemont, Maître de la pâte de verre, 1880-1971, Paris, 2006,
ill. p. 292
Presently on loan to the Musée du Verre François Décorchemont, in Conches-en-Ouches
BOWL WITH TWO HANDLES, MODEL 330, 1927
Pâte de verre in mottled yellow with brown streaks
Signed with the artist’s seal and numbered B577
From an edition of 31 examples
Height: 9.4 cm.
Diameter: 16 cm (including the handles)
Bibliography
Véronique Ayrolles, François Décorchemont: Maître de la pâte de verre, 2006, éditions Norma, Paris, similar model ill. p. 274
Presently on loan to the Musée du Verre François Décorchemont, in Conches-en-Ouches
GLASS COUPE DEPICTING A NATIVITY SCENE, CIRCA 1925
Signed Manzana
5 x 10 cm.
VASE
Transparent glass vase with polychrome enamels floral decoration
Signed
Height:22 cm.
LETTER OPENER, CIRCA 1920
Pâte de cristal
Signed
29.4 cm. long
“ANEMONE” COUPE, 1920
Pâte de verre
Signed G. ARGY-ROUSSEAU
Height: 8 cm.
Diameter: 11 cm.
Bibliography
Janine Bloch-Dermant, Argy-Rousseau Catalogue raisonné, ill. p. 183 under the n. 20.15
“CHRYSANTHEMES” VASE, 1919
Pâte-de-verre
Signed
Height: 14.4 cm.
Bibliography
Janine Bloch-Dermant, G. Argy-rousseau Catalogue raisonné, les éditions de l’amateur, 1990, ill. p. 47, ill. p. 180
VASE, CIRCA 1919-1922
Tinted vase with internal irregular bubbles applied with mauve glass bunches of grapes
on stylised branches in black glass, the applied mauve foot with a black border.
Executed by Eugène Gall from a model by Emile Wirtz. Signed Daum Nancy with the cross
of Lorraine.
Height : 15 cm
Exhibition
The Art of Glass Art Nouveau to Art Deco, Sunderland Museum & Art Gallery,
17 July-27 October 1996, ill. in the exhibition catalogue
GROUP OF VASES AND A BOWL, CIRCA 1925
Blue glass, deeply acid etched with geometric patterns. 8.7 cm. high
Blue glass, acid etched with stylised flowers
Amber glass, deeply acid etched with geometric patterns on a frosted background
BOTTLE, MM N. 469, 1922
Clear glass internally decorated with green spirals
Original stopper
Signed
21 cm. high
Bibliography
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot Artisan Verrier, Catalogue raisonné de l’Oeuvre de verre, Les éditions de l’amateur, 2013, ill. p. 328
Exhibition
“A propos du Salon des Décorateurs”, L’Amour de l’Art, March 1922, p. 85
Hélène Demoriane, Marinot, le maître verrier des années 1920, Connaissance des Arts, September 1967
Provenance
Galerie Witcomb (1923)
Lilian Nassau, New York, USA
Sotheby’s New York, USA, April 16-17, 1990, lot n. 60
Robert Zehil Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA
Private collection, New York, USA
Acquired from the above in December 2015
BOWL, MM n°528, 1922
Clear and etched glass
Signed
9.5 cm. high
Bibliography
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot Artisan Verrier / Catalogue raisonné de l’Oeuvre de verre,
Les éditions de l’amateur, 2013, ill. p. 338
VERY RARE BOWL, CIRCA 1925
Decorated with engraved lotus leaves and fish
Signed
39 cm in diameter
CHALICE, 1912
Chalice with a slightly flared lip, in clear glass, its foot entirely decorated in polychrome enameled stylized flowers and leaves on a blue background
Signed in red enamel above one of the scrolls adorned on the lower part of the coupe
16.5 cm. high
With a certificate and a label marked n. 73/116 by Mrs Florence Marinot
An item with an identical shape and also enameled with flowers is in the collection of the Corning museum. For further details: Katharine McClinton, Art Deco, a guide for collectors, p. 140
Exhibition
Salon d’automne, 1912
Salon d’automne, 1913, in an ensemble by André Mare
Bibliography
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre de verre, les éditions de l’amateur, 2013, ill. pp 52 and 260
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Mr Poyet, Lyon, 1919
Mr Latil, Paris
Lillian Nassau, New York, acquired in 1972
According to Félix Marcilhac, this piece is from 1913 (so it could not have been exhibited in 1912)
COUPE, 1913
Chalice on a long and flared foot, in clear glass, acid-etched and decorated with blue, red and yellow enameled bunch of grapes
Signed with red enamel on the base of the foot
13.2 cm. high
With a certificate and a label marked n. 25/105 by Mrs Florence Marinot
Exhibition
Salon d’automne, Paris, 1913
Bibliography
Léandre Vaillat, Marinot peintre verrier, L'Art et les Artistes, May 1914, p. 140
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de verre, les éditions de l'amateur, 2013, ill. p. 253
Provenance
Former X Collection in 1919
Lillian Nassau, New York
Harvey Littleton, North Carolina, USA
VASE, CIRCA 1925
Clear glass internally decorated with orange stripes and air bubbles
Wheel-cut signature Daum Nancy France
23 cm. high
An identical model was exhibited at the 1925 Exposition and acquired by the State for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris
Exhibition
Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs, Paris 1925
Bruxelles, Société Générale de Banque, “Art Déco 1925”
Bibliography
Duret-Robert François, Daum, Connaissance des Arts, November 1972, n. 249
Brunhammer, Yvonne, 1925, les presses de la connaissance, Paris 1976, full color ill. p. 79
Bacri Clothilde, Daum, Michel Aveline, éditeur, 1991, full page ill. p. 190
Provenance
Collection Daum, acquired in 1987
“FLEURETTES” BOTTLE N°41, 1912
Footed baluster bottle and its stopper, enameled blue, white and red flowers (roses and tulips) in glass, concentric lines on the stopper, neck, body and foot
Signed M.M. in enamel
17 cm. high
Provenance
Formerly in the Hoog collection
VASE, CIRCA 1930
Large green smoked glass vase.
Fluted, neck with faceted corners and a square base.
Wheel-cut signature.
44.5 cm. high; 23 cm. wide.
VASES, CIRCA 1920
Round vase on circular foot and small flaring neck, mottled light blue glass decorated with eight tears
in green enamel, the foot and neck outlined in green enamel
Signed underneath in enamel
14 cm.
Flattened footed vase in clear glass, polychrome decoration of a pair of birds framed by flowers and leaves
Signed underneath in enamel Sold
Tapered cylindrical vase in mottled yellow glass decorated in polychrome enamel with three identical pairs
of parakeets and insects in flight
Signed in enamel underneath
Footed cylindrical vase with flaring neck, mottled yellow glass decorated with three medallions of stylized motifs
in black enamel, the rim and foot outlined in black enamel
Signed underneath in enamel
VASE, MM N. 282, 1921
Internally decorated footed thick glass vase
Signed
18 cm. high
Bibliography
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot Artisan Verrier, Catalogue raisonné de l’Oeuvre de verre, Les éditions de l’amateur, 2013, ill. p. 302
Provenance
Collection Adrien A. Hébrard (1921)
Bernard Lorenceau
Charles J. R. Liebman
Robert Zehil Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA
Private colletion, New York, USA
Acquired from the above in December 2015
FLATTENED BOTTLE, MM, N. 1015, 1925
Deeply etched flattened glass bottle
Signed
12.5 cm. high
Bibliography
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot Artisan Verrier. Catalogue raisonné de l’Oeuvre de verre, Les éditions de l’amateur, 2013, ill. p. 420
Exhibition
Jacques Seligman & C°, Twentieth Century Glass – American and European, New York, 1925, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1950
“SERPENTS” BOWL, 1925
Model 260, A 108
Pâte de verre in mottled brown and amber
Impressed with the artist’s seal and numbered A108
12 x 30 cm.
Exhibition
Véronique Ayrolles, François Decorchemont, Maître de la pâte de verre, éditions Norma, 2006, other examples ill. pp. 6, 122, 123, 265
Presently on loan to the Musée du Verre François Décorchemont, in Conches-en-Ouches
VASES, CIRCA 1920
Baluster vase with small flaring neck, mottled blue glass decorated with three pairs of magpies on branches and several dragonflies in polychrome enamel
Signed underneath
27 cm. high
Large baluster vase in clear glass decorated with four birds and stylized flowerheads in polychrome enamel outlined in black
Signed in enamel
22.5 cm. high
Baluster vase in clear glass decorated with three pairs of parakeets against a stylized pattern of berries branches in polychrome enamel
Signed
21.5 cm.
VASE, CIRCA 1925
Clear glass, internally decorated and acid-etched
Signed Daum Nancy France
15 cm. high
VASE, 1922
Clear glass with an engraved decoration of tulips
Signed; with a certificate and a label marked n. 402 by Mrs Florence Marinot
17 cm. high
Exhibition
Infinite Obsessions, Barry Friedman Gallery, New York, 1999-2000
Bibliography
René Chavance, Maurice Marinot, peintre et verrier, L’Art et les Artistes, January 1923, p. 156
Yves Delaborde, Le Verre, art & design, XIX-XXIème siècles, ACR édition, 2011, p. 203
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre de verre, les éditions de l’amateur, 2013, ill. p. 319
BEAKER, MM 1912, N. 11, 1911
Clear glass with an enamelled polychrome design of fruits
This piece was exhibited in a vitrine at Hebrard’s shop in Paris
12 cm. high
Exhibition
Salon d’automne, 1913
Bibliography
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre de verre, les éditions de l’amateur, 2013, ill. p. 242
VASES, CIRCA 1920
Baluster vase with small flaring lip, clear glass decorated with three nude hunters chasing tigers
Black and orange enamel heightened with gold enamel
Signed underneath
15.5 cm.
Large flaring bowl, clear glass, rim decorated with a frieze of stylized leaves and fruits in polychrome
enamel highlighted in gold
Signed underneath Sold
BOWL “ROSACE ET CHEVRONS”, MODEL 228, 1925
Pâte de verre in shade of brown and amber
Impressed with the artist’s seal and numbered A 150
13 x 21 cm.
Exhibition
L’Exposition de la verrerie Art Déco, Tokyo & Osaka, 1990, exhibition catalog n. 170, ill. p. 119
Bibliography
Véronique Ayrolles, François Décorchemont Maître de la pâte de verre, Editions Norma, Paris, 2006, ill. p. 116, p. 261
Presently on loan to the Musée du Verre François Décorchemont, in Conches-en-Ouches
VASE “CARPES”, MODEL 179, 1923
Pâte de verre in shade of green, amber and brown
Impressed with the artist’s seal and numbered 0457
Edition of 5
17.5 x 18.5 cm.
Bibliography
Véronique Ayrolles, François Décorchemont Maître de la pâte de verre, Editions Norma, Paris, 2006, ill. p. 116, p. 255
Presently on loan to the Musée du Verre François Décorchemont, in Conches-en-Ouches
BOWL “DANSEUSES”, MODEL 250, 1925
Pâte de verre in shade of brown and black with pink splashes
Impressed with the artist’s seal and numbered A 291
13 x 11 cm.
One example numbered A 122 is at the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Exhibition
Véronique Ayrolles, François Décorchemont Maître de la pâte de verre, Editions Norma, Paris, 2006, ill. p. 105, p. 264
Presently on loan to the Musée du Verre François Décorchemont, in Conches-en-Ouches
BOWL “FRUITS”, MODEL 184, 1922
Pâte de verre, light green with purple streaks
Impressed with the artist’s seal and numbered 0879
16.5 x 15 cm.
Bibliography
Véronique Ayrolles, François Décorchemont Maître de la pâte de verre, Editions Norma, Paris, 2006,
similar example ill. p. 268
Exhibition
L’Exposition de la verrerie Art Déco, Tokyo & Osaka, 1990, n. 169, ill. p. 118
Presently on loan to the Musée du Verre François Décorchemont, in Conches-en-Ouches
COUPE GLASS, 1920
Clear frosted glass, decorated with four polychrome enamelled medallions featuring naked women,
the inside also with an enamelled decor, the foot circled with enamelled dots
Signed in enamel
With a certificate and a label marked n. 153 by Mrs. Florence Marinot
12 cm. high
Exhibition
Société des Artistes décorateurs, Paris, 1920
Bibliography
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre de verre,
les éditions de l’amateur, 2013, ill. p. 83, p. 285
VASE, 1921
White clear glass decorated with an enamelled medallion
Signed Marinot
With a certificate and a label marked n. 249 by Mrs. Florence Marinot
19.5 cm. high
Exhibition
Salon des artistes décorateurs, 1921
Strasbourg, 1921
Wiesbaden, 1921
Bibliography
La Renaissance de l’art français et des industries de luxe, May 1921, ill. p. 280
Félix Marcilhac, Maurice Marinot, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre de verre, les éditions de l’amateur, 2013, ill. p. 87, p. 298
VASES, CIRCA 1920
Gourd shaped vase in mottled yellow glass decorated with three medallions of riverscapes in polychrome enamel
Signed underneath
24 cm. high
Baluster footed vase, clear glass with polychrome enamel trees
Signed
18 cm. high
Footed cylindrical vase with flaring neck, decorated with houses and trees against a blue sky in polychrome enamel
Signed underneath
22.5 cm. high