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  Charles Greber French Art Nouveau “Chameleons” vase c. 1905

  CHARLES GREBER  France

  “Chameleons” vase   c. 1905

  Stoneware with crystalline-structure glaze in creamy white beige and blue tones with floral motifs and three full scale chameleons perched on the edge.

  Marks: C. Greber (incised script)

  H: 6 1/4″ x Dia: 7 1/2″

  The potter-sculptor has awakened Darwin’s theory of evolution with this vase and has furthermore humanized these reptiles with an amusing sense of cameraderie.

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  Henry van de Velde Silver mounted Eugene Baudin French Art Nouveau vase c. 1900

  HENRY VAN DE VELDE (1863-1957) Belgium (design mount)
  for “LA MAISON MODERNE”  Paris, France
  ALPHONSE-EDOUARD DEBAIN  France (execution mount)
  EUGÈNE BAUDIN (1853-1918)  France (pottery)

  Vase  c. 1900

  Matte-glazed pottery, cranberry bright turquoise and white highlights, elaborate Art Nouveau whiplash silver mount.

  Marks: E Baudin, AD (silversmith monogram), French 950 silver assay mark

  For more information on van de Velde ceramics see: Ceramics of the 20th Century, Tamara Préaud and Serge Gauthier (New York: Rizzoli, 1982) illus. no. 67, p.42; Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver, Annelies Krekel-Aalberse (New York:  Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,1989), pp. 63, 90, 264.

  For other A-E. Debain designs see: The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Vol. V: Objets d’Art & Metalware, Alastair Duncan (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1999), p. 208.
  For related Van de Velde mount designs see: Jugendstil, Irmela Franzke (Munich: Battenberg Verlag, 1987), illus. 169, p. 87.
  H: 8 1/4” x W: 4”