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  Marcel Bouraine, Pair of French Art Deco “Dove” Bookends c. 1930

  Marcel Bouraine (active 1925-1930) France.

  Pair of Art Deco “Dove” sculptural bookends, circa 1930.

  Silvered bronze (sand cast technique) in the form of doves with openly displayed and fan shaped tail feathers perched on roof pan tiles.

  Marks: Bouraine (2x), #’s 52 and 53.

  For more information and other works by Bouraine see: Les Echoes D’Art (May 1927), p. 21; Art Deco Sculpture, Bryan Catley; The Art Deco Style, Selected by Theodore Menten (New York: Dover Publications, 1972), p. 172; Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, E. Bénézit, vol. 2 (Paris: Librarie Grund, 1976), p. 231, An Encylopedia of Art Deco, Edited by Alastair Duncan (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1988) pp. 26,28-29,31,104; Art Deco, Victor Arwas (New York, Harry Abrams,1980) pp. 163, 269.

  H: 5 ¾” x W: 4 ½” x D: 3 ½”

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  Rudolf Rieger / WMF Ikora Germany Art Deco Dinanderie Pair of Vases c. 1930

  RUDOLF RIEGER Germany
  WMF [WÜRTTEMBERGISCHE METALLWARENFABRIK] Geislingen, Germany

  Dinanderie pair of vases c. 1930

  Brass with a black patina and stylized silver inlay in a geometric motif

  Marks: WMF castle mark

  Illustrated: WMF Ikora Metall / Metalwork, Carlo Burschel and Heinz Scheiffele (Stuttgart, Germany: ARNOLDSCHE, 2006), p. 58, 156 and 185.

  H: 3 1/4″ x Dia: 4″

  Price: $1,950

  Rudolf Rieger was in Paul Haustein’s master class and worked as self-employed goldsmith in Stuttgart. Between 1920 and 1930 he submitted designs for metal objects to WMF AG and from 1940 until 1941 he was the master instructor at the WMF art-metal division.