Louis Majorelle French Art Nouveau "Fiddleback Fern" bowl c. 1900

LOUIS MAJORELLE    (1859-1926)  France
MOUGIN FRÈRES  Nancy, France

Fiddleback Fern trefoil bowl    c. 1900

A rare stoneware example of Majorelle and the L’Ecole de Nancy with a mauve and sea-green glaze, crystalline formations in interior in a trefoil loped form with fiddleback ferns at each interval.

Marks:  Majorelle. de (impressed facsimile signature)  MOUGIN NANCY, 10.K , L

Illustrated:  Majorelle: Une Aventure Moderne, Roselyne Bouvier (Paris:
La Bibliothèque des Arts/Editions Serpenoise, 1991) p. 34, illus. 32.

H: 3 1/4″ x W: 6 3/4″