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