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CAMILLE NAUDOT – CUP, CIRCA 1904

CUP, CIRCA 1904
Translucent polychrome enamel on soft white porcelain highlighted with gold.
Signed and dated C. Naudot 1904 and C.N. in gold
Height: 8 cm.

Bibliography
The porcelains by Naudot are illustrated in:
– Art et Décoration, 1901, volum II, page 52
– Der Moderne Stil, Julius Hoffmann jr., A. Guérinet, Paris, Librairie d’Art Décoratif, n.d.,
volum 4, pl. 44
Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics, An Illustrated Dictionary, Norma éditions, 2015, ill. p. 289

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CAMILLE NAUDOT – FOOTED CUP, 1897-1910

FOOTED CUP, 1897-1910
Translucent polychrome enamel on soft white porcelain highlighted with gold
Signed C. Naudot and C.N. in gold.
Height: 4.5 cm.

Bibliography
“M. Naudot est le seul fabricant de porcelaine de pâte tendre, dite porcelaine française.
Il expose nombre de pièces remarquables par la qualité de la matière et l’éclat des émaux
qui les recouvrent. De plus, il a découpé dans la pâte crue des fleurs d’une finesse extrême,
qui, remplies ensuite d’émail, forment sur la pièce comme une fine dentelle lumineuse”.
Alexandre Sandier, La Céramique à l’Exposition Universelle de 1900, Art et Décoration, December 1900, p. 194

Camille Naudot is credited with having mastered the technique of filling the blanks
of his openwork soft paste porcelain with colored translucent enamels without having
to trap them with metal or gold thin wire

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EMILE GALLE – BOTTLE AND STOPPER

BOTTLE AND STOPPER
Bottle and stopper, of flattened shape, in thick frosted glass with powder and gold foil inclusions,
overlaid and entirely chased with a bat on each side on a background featuring a moon crescent and waves.
Original stopper with hammered top and foil inclusions.
Incised signature on the side.
10.5 x 11 x 4.5 cm.

Bibliography
Le Modern Style, page 129

Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Maria de Beyrie, Paris
Private collection, Paris
Acquired from the above

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LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – “CHARDONS” SUGAR BOWL AND SPOON, CIRCA 1900

“CHARDONS” SUGAR BOWL AND SPOON, CIRCA 1900
Chased and engraved silver, the bowl, lid and spoon with a hand tooled,
incised and repoussé design of nine blooming thistles, their heart,
cover knob and handle with carved and stained ivory motifs.
The sugar bowl stamped underneath CARDEILHAC PARIS, with letter K and Maker’s hallmark.
Height: 19 cm.

Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900
Françoise Cachin, [under the direction of] ; Marc Bascou, De Manet à Matisse : sept ans d'enrichissement au Musée d’Orsay, (Paris, musée d'Orsay, November 12 1990-March 10, 1991), Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1990, p. 188

Bibliography
Bouilhet Henri, L'Orfèvrerie française aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles : 1700-1900. 3, L'Orfèvrerie française au XIXe siècle : deuxième période, 1860-1900, Paris, 1912, p. 367
La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France, Paris, 1990, n. 2, 155
Gabriele Fahr-Becker, Il Modernismo, h. f. ullmann, 2004, ill. p. 95

Another example (without spoon) of this sugar bowl is part of the Collections of the Musée d’Orsay,
Paris, inv. OAO 1199, since 1989

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EUGENE MICHEL – EXCEPTIONAL VASE, CIRCA 1900

EXCEPTIONAL VASE, CIRCA 1900
Multilayered glass with with gold leaf inclusions and blue and brown powder streaks, overlaid in black,
hammered and carved with a decor of a woman and reeds.
The mount in silver with a design of leaves on an openwork background.
Silver marks.
15.4 cm. high

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DAUM FRERES – BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1900

BALUSTER VASE, CIRCA 1900
Baluster vase with small upright neck.
Clear glass overlaid in oxblood acid etched and entirely wheel carved featuring a large and
two small bats on a frosted background.
Wheel cut signature heightened in gold with the Cross of Lorraine on a hammered background.
Height: 15 cm.