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  Firmin-Marcelin Michelet French Art Nouveau “Four Seasons” sculpted vase c. 1900

  FIRMIN-MARCELIN MICHELET  Sculptor (1875-1951) France
  GENTIL ET BOURDET  [pottery]

  “Four Seasons” vase  c. 1900

  Glazed stoneware in a cream color with tan and light brown highlights molded with four female profiles and corresponding floral branches below representing the “Four Seasons” of the year

  Marks: F. Michelet (underglaze), Gentil et Bourdet  Architectes Ceramistes

  Another example of this vase is in the collection of the Brighton Museum Brighton, England
  Exhibited: French Art Nouveau from English Collections, City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 1977, Cat. No. B7.

  Illustrated: Art Nouveau, Art Deco and the Thirties; The Ceramic, Glass and Metalwork Collections at Brighton Museum (Brighton: The Royal Pavillion, 1986)cat. no. 41, p. 22.

  For more information on Firmin-Marcellin Michelet see: Étains 1900:
  200 Sculptures de la Belle Époque, Philippe Dahhan (Paris: Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 2000), p. 274.

  H: 13 1/2″ x Dia: 7 1/4″

  Price: $7,500

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  Antonio Pineda Important Sterling Architectural Candlesticks c.1955-60

  ANTONIO PIÑEDA (1919-2009) Taxco, Mexico

  Important Architectural Candlesticks c.1955-60

  Handwrought sterling silver in exaggerated tall rectangular forms with various size rectangular geometric elements attached as the base supports, 100 troy ounces total weight

  Marks: Antonio Taxco (crown mark), 925, Mexican Eagle silver standard mark, Mexican circular mark, Hecho en Mexico

  Provenance: Antonio Pineda, 1990

  ***According to Antonio Pineda, these are one pair of only three pair made!

  H: 20 ½” x W: 5” x D: 4”