Art Nouveau & Art Déco - Gallery in Monaco
“AUX ANCOLIES” SILVER PLATERIE, CIRCA 1900
A pair of saucieres and their trays. Numbered N82 and M836. 18.5 cm. diameter.
A pair of oval plates. Numbered M834. 42,2 x 32 cm.
Two circular shaped bowls. Numbered N81. Diameter: 20.5 cm.
Total weight: 7 502 g.
Plus two silver plated bowls. Numbered N161. Diameter: 24.1 and 25.5 cm.
COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE, CIRCA 1900
Siver with a decor of papyrus comprising:
A coffee pot, a tea pot, milk jug and sugar bowl. The tray in silvered metal
With French Minerva mark and silversmith mark
The tray: 60 x 44.5 cm.
The coffee pot: 24 cm. high
Exhibition
Exposition universelle, Paris, 1900
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, December 1900. The coffee pot and the milk jug are illustrated p. 167
Roger Marx, La Décoration et les Industries d’Art à l’Exposition Universelle de 1900, Delagrave éditeur, Paris 1901: The coffee pot and the milk jug are illustrated p. 67
SERVING SET, CIRCA 1900
Silver
Knife 27.7 cm.
Fork: 23.5 cm.
SERVING SET, CIRCA 1905
Silver
With maker’s marks and French Minerva mark
Knife: 27.4 cm.
Fork: 23.5 cm.
STRAWBERRY SERVING SET, BEFORE 1898
Silver and vermeil Comprising: A shovel, interior in vermeil, reference in the Christofle catalogue of 1898 n. 6850
A sugar spoon, with an openwork design, interior in vermeil, reference in the Christofle catalogue n. 6851
12 strawberry spoons, interior in vermeil, reference in the Christofle catalogue n. 6852
Shovel : 16.5 cm. long
Sugar spoons : 15.5 cm. long
Spoons : 12.6 cm. long
Exhibition
Orfèvrerie Christofle, Tarif Album, 1898, ill. p. 129
David Allan, Le couvert et la coutellerie de table française du XIXᵉ siècle, ill. p. 220
SERVING SET, CIRCA 1900
Silver gilt with a design of foliage
With French Minerva mark
With silversmith mark: L & Cie (crown)
Spoon length: 25.2 cm.
Fork length: 24.3 cm.
VERY RARE COFFEE SERVICE “PINECONES AND NEEDLES, 1896
Comprising a chased silver and silver gilt coffee pot, a covered sugar bowl, milk jug and matching tray
Each piece fully signed, bearing Minerva and makers marks and numbered
Coffee pot: 21 cm. high
Sugar bowl: 12 cm. high
Milk jug: 8 cm. high
Tray: 35 cm. diameter
Exhibition
Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1896
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
Bibliography
“A M. Henri Bouilhet et aux ateliers de la maison Christofle nous devons quelques très beaux morceaux d’orfèvrerie où l’ornement végétal est finement adapté à des formes de poteries très simples, commodes et d’un bon profil.
Dans un service à thé la feuille de chêne joue un rôle décoratif plein d’élégance. Une chocolatière s’enrichit pittoresquement de têtes et de feuilles de céleri. Le décor de deux cafetières s’emprunte aux aiguilles et aux pommes du pin et à la feuille
du platane… Le catalogue de l’Exposition nous fait connaitre les collaborateurs de M. Henri Bouilhet et je me fais un plaisir de citer leurs noms : les modèles sculptés sont de M. Léon Mallet et la ciselure est de MM. Arvisenet, Lindermann, Portrait,
Marionnet, Roze et Simon”. L. de Fourcaud, Les Arts décoratifs aux Salons de 1896, Revue des Arts décoratifs, July 1896, p. 229
Art et Décoration, 1900, vol. II, coffee pot illustrated p. 173
Tony Bouilhet, L’Orfèvrerie française au XXème siècle, éditions Émile-Paul frères, Paris, 1941, coffee pot illustrated in one of the plates
PAIR OF FRUIT BOWLS, CIRCA 1900
Wheel cut crystal on silver bases
With silver and makers marks
Bowl: 25 cm. diameter
Weight of silver base: 1060 gr.
Between 1894 and 1899, Lucien Bonvallet designed for Cardeilhac a large array of silverware destined for the Exposition Universelle. Tea and coffee services in two sizes with their matching trays in engraved silver or pyrographed with silver mounts, handles and finials in either ebony or tinted ivory, sculpted ivory and silver candy dishes, vases, soup tureens, vegetable dishes and plates, fruit bowls, scent bottles, eggcups, a large centerpiece that included a jardinière and candlesticks. He drew his inspiration from flowers and plants which were transposed on the various models: thistles, columbines, mistletoe, clovers and chestnut leaves
All of those models were exhibited in January and February 1913 at the pavillon de Marsan, Musée des Arts décoratifson the occasion of a retrospective exhibition of Lucien Bonvallet
FISH PLATE, 1907
Long silver plate, decorated with marine monsters
Signed Bugatti and A. A. Hébrard Rue Royale Paris
Hallmarks
62 cm. long; 30.5 cm. wide
To this day, only one other example of this model is known to exist, sold at the sale of Maître Thierry de Maigret, Paris, Art Nouveau – Art Déco, 7 April 2004, lot 111
The provenance indicated in the catalog stated “Formerly in the collection of Miss S., close relation to Hébrard. Inheritance of her niece, Miss X.”
This model was exhibited at the Galerie Hébrard, 8 rue Royale, Paris, 2 – 25 December 1907
Exhibition
Galerie A.-A. Hébrard, 8, rue Royale, Paris, 2 – 25 December 1907
ReConnaître Carlo Bugatti, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 10 April – 15 July 2001, ill. p. 61, n. 79 in the exhibition catalog
Uzès Exposition, ancien Évêché, Monticelli, précurseur de l’impressionnisme & Bugatti, une dynastie de créateurs, 22 June – 13 October, 2024
Bibliography
ReConnaître Carlo Bugatti, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 2001, ill. p. 58 and p. 61, n. 79 in the exhibition catalog
VERY IMPORTANT TEA AND COFFEE SET, 1904
Very important coffee set and tray comprising a coffee pot, a sugar bowl, a milk jug, two cups and saucers
The tray in lacquered wood, the four corners with an applied silver gilt motif with turquoise cabochons, all other pieces in hand repoussé silver gilt, ivory and turquoise cabochons
Each element bears the makers mark and is dated 1904
Most probably unique
Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1904
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, 1909, vol. II, page 55. Three pieces illustrated
Provenance
Acquired in 1983 from Jean-Claude Brugnot
Soon after being rewarded a first class medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle, Lucien Gaillard retained the services of Master Japanese lacquerers and engravers as well as metal alloys experts to work exclusively for him. They produced very few silver and lacquer objects such as the panel we exhibited at Masterpiece London in 2014 as well as objects and vases with patinas imitating tree barks made of metals of a special alloy often wrongly described as bronze. The highly technical lacquered composition of our tray could have only been executed by such a master. The set was executed and exhibited in 1904, the year Gaillard was awarded another first class medal at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.
SET OF 6 SPOONS AND A SUGAR TONG, CIRCA 1900
Silver with a floral design
In its fitted box
With French Minerva mark and silversmith mark
Spoons: 11.9 cm. long
Sugar tong: 10.5 cm. long
SERVING SET, CIRCA 1900
Vermeil, comprising 12 spoons and a shovel
With an incised and patinated design of flowers; each different
The handle is openwork and decorated with bellflowers
In its fitted box of la maison Ch. Dubret, 83 rue de la Liberté, Dijon
With French minerva mark and silversmith mark (PG & Cie) attributed to Pierre Galli
Spoon: 14 cm. long
Shovel: 26.7 cm. long
PART OF CUTLERY SET, CIRCA 1900
Silver with a design of foliage and pansies
Comprising: eleven table forks, seven table spoons, twelve dessert spoons
The design is attributed to Adolphe Truffier
Bibliography
For a set of twelve teaspoons or coffee spoons with the same design, see: David Allan, Le couvert et la coutellerie de table française au XIXème siècle, éditions Faton, 2007, p. 130, n. 118
SET OF SIX SPOONS, CIRCA 1873
Designed by Paul Legrand and executed by Eugène Queillé
Silver, niello and vermeil decorated with motifs inspired by the Japanese grammar, each different;
in its original case
Impressed with maker and French Minerva marks
Each spoon: 12.5 cm. long
The decor designed by Paul Legrand was registered in 1873 as ”Service Japonais”
Exhibition
A group of the “Service Japonais” was shown at the exhibition dedicated to Boucheron at the Jacquemard-André museum in 1988, n. 124 in the catalogue
SET OF 6 SPOONS, CIRCA 1900
Vermeil with a floral design
In its fitted box
13.5 cm. long
TEA SET, CIRCA 1900
Silver and vermeil with a decor of flowers and fruits in the manner of Japanese Art
Comprising: a teapot, a sugar bowl, milk jug, a spoon. The cup and the saucer in polychome porcelain decorated with flowers
In its original box
With French Minerva mark and silversmith’s mark
Teapot: 12.5 cm. high
Sugar bowl: 8 cm. high
Milk jug: 4.2 cm. high
Cup: 4.7 cm. high
SET OF SIX SPOONS, 1907
Silver
In its original box
With French Minerva mark and silversmith’s mark
15 cm. long
Exhibition
Galerie A.-A. Hébrard, 8, rue Royale, Paris, 2 December-25 December 1907
ReConnaître Carlo Bugatti, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 10 April-15 July 2001, n. 78 in the exhibition catalogue
Uzès Exposition, ancien Évêché, Monticelli, précurseur de l’impressionnisme & Bugatti, une dynastie de créateurs, 22 June – 13 October, 2024
