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  Rene Boivin, Rare “La Maison Irradiante” gold mirror and gilt silver box, signed, 1935

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  Salvatore Meli Important large scale Italian Sculpture / Ewer 1952

  SALVATORE MELI (b. 1929)  Italy

  Important Sculpture / Ewer   1952

  Glazed terra cotta, brown and dark green with white scraffito decoration, original stepped and angular wood base.

  Signed: Meli 1952 Roma

  For more info on Meli see: Design 1935-1965, What Modern was, ed. Martin Eidelberg (New York: Harry Abrams, 1991) p. 237.

  Salvatore Meli belongs to that initial group of artists, including Guido Gambone and Lucio Fontana among others, who elevated Italian ceramics to a fine art during the post-war period.  Meli conceived this vessel, first on paper, then by laboriously constructing the body in clay, coil by coil, to achieve the richly textured and dynamic form; the incised and painted decoration is in concert with the organic shape.  The massive scale of this work defies function as a ewer but was created as a sculptural object.  The original wooden base recalls Italian futurist sculpture forms of the early twentieth century.

  H (with base):  23 1/2” x W:  13” x D:  9.5”
  H (without base):  19 1/8”

  Price: $27,500

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  Paul Haustein Germany Rare Jugendstil enamel and silver inkwell c.1900

  PAUL HAUSTEIN  (1880-1944)  Germany
  HERMANN BEHRND (b. 1849) SILBERWARENFABRIK (silver) Dresden, Germany
  JAKAB RAPOPORT (enamelist) Budapest, Hungary

  Inkwell  c. 1900

  Multicolored burgundy, purple, blue and green enamel with silver mounts, glass insert

  Marks: Moon, crown, 800, HB (Hermann Behrnd mark)

  Same model with variant mount illustrated: Deutsche Goldschmiede-Zeitung, n.d. (circa 1903-05), p. 23

  For related works and more information see: Art Nouveau in Munich: Masters of Jugendstil, ed. Kathryn Bloom Hiesinger (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1988) pp. 67-69; Jugendstil in Dresden, Aufbruch in die Moderne, Gisela Haase et al., exh. cat. (Dresden: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; Wolfratshausen: Edition Minerva, 1999).

  Dia: 7 1/4″ x H: 4 1/2″

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  Peter Shire Memphis Group California Art Pottery Rare Early “Peach Tea Set” 1980

  PETER SHIRE  (b. 1947)  USA

  Rare and early “California Peach” teaset   1980

  Handmade earthenware with polychrome glazes
  Made by Shire at his studio in Echo Park, California

  Signed:  Shire 1980 EXP  (painted on base of each)

  Model illustrated: Tempest in a Teapot, the Ceramic Art of Peter Shire, Norman M. Klein et al. (New York: Rizzoli, 1991) p. 11.

  Teapot H: 10”  x  W: 11 1/4” x D: 5 1/2”
  Pair of teacups H:  7 3/4” &  8”

  Price: $8,500

  Peter Shire (born 1947) is a Los Angeles artist. Shire was born in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, where he currently lives and works. His sculpture, furniture and ceramics have been exhibited in the United States, Italy, France, Japan and Poland; Shire has been associated with the Memphis Group of designers, has worked on the Design Team for the XXIII Olympiad with the American Institute of Architects, and has designed public sculptures in Los Angeles and other California cities. Shire has been honored by awards for his contribution to the cultural life of the City of Los Angeles.