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  Henry van de Velde Silver mounted Eugene Baudin French Art Nouveau vase c. 1900

  HENRY VAN DE VELDE (1863-1957) Belgium (design mount)
  for “LA MAISON MODERNE”  Paris, France
  ALPHONSE-EDOUARD DEBAIN  France (execution mount)
  EUGÈNE BAUDIN (1853-1918)  France (pottery)

  Vase  c. 1900

  Matte-glazed pottery, cranberry bright turquoise and white highlights, elaborate Art Nouveau whiplash silver mount.

  Marks: E Baudin, AD (silversmith monogram), French 950 silver assay mark

  For more information on van de Velde ceramics see: Ceramics of the 20th Century, Tamara Préaud and Serge Gauthier (New York: Rizzoli, 1982) illus. no. 67, p.42; Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver, Annelies Krekel-Aalberse (New York:  Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,1989), pp. 63, 90, 264.

  For other A-E. Debain designs see: The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Vol. V: Objets d’Art & Metalware, Alastair Duncan (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1999), p. 208.
  For related Van de Velde mount designs see: Jugendstil, Irmela Franzke (Munich: Battenberg Verlag, 1987), illus. 169, p. 87.
  H: 8 1/4” x W: 4”

   

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  Black Starr & Frost American Art Nouveau Sterling Mounted Jewelry Box c.1900

  BLACK STARR & FROST New York, NY

  Art Nouveau Sterling and Mahogany Jewelry Box   c.1900

  Mahogany jewelry box with thick sterling silver decorative graphic mountings in an elaborate Art Nouveau whiplash design, original key

  Marks: Eagle mark (Company logo) BLACK STARR & FROST, Sterling

  For more information see: American Jewelry Manufacturers, Dorothy T. Rainwater (West Chester, Penn.:  Schiffer, 1988)

  H: 4 1/2″ x W: 10 1/2″ x D: 7″

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  One of America’s oldest fine jewelers, Black, Starr and Frost traces its roots to 1810. In that year, Erastus Barton and Frederick Marquand opened Marquand and Barton near New York’s Maiden Lane. The firm added and lost partners numerous times and it also frequently moved locations in accordance with the addresses of its prestigious clientele. Its merchandise was eclectic and greatly varied including, lamps, jewelry, paintings, porcelain, and artistic objects. In 1876, the firm changed its name from Black, Ball, and Co. to Black, Starr, and Frost, and moved to 251 Fifth Avenue. Its inventory became focused on jewelry and silver objects, some imported from Europe, some produced in-house. For many decades, the renowned jewelry house, Black, Starr, and Frost was considered one of the great American jewelers. In 1876, it was invited to exhibit at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia along with renowned firms like Tiffany & Company, Whiting, and Gorham. In 1939, the firm was one of five American jewelers invited to exhibit at the New York’s World’s Fair. In 1929, it merged with Gorham to become Black, Starr, Frost – Gorham.

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  Sydney Pitcher “St. Martin’s Cross Iona” Arts & Crafts photograph c. 1900

  SYDNEY PITCHER F.R.P.S.  (d. 1950) England
  ARTHUR H. PITCHER (Framer)

  “St. Martin’s Cross Iona” c.1900

  Carbon process photograph, hand carved oak frame with beautiful wood grain detail.

  Marks: S MARTINS CROSS IONA (carved incised mark)
  Art Nouveau paper label (on back): Framed by Arthur H. Pitcher, College Court, Gloucester, Moulding No…..

  Photograph: H: 9 1/2″ x W: 5″
  Frame: H: 16 3/4″ x W:  8 5/8″  D: 5/8″

  Sydney A. Pitcher FRPS (active 1904-1939) was a photographer with an interest in monument and church architecture. He is listed in the 1927 Kelly’s Directory of the County of Gloucester as a commercial photographer, publisher and picture frame maker, operating from 5 & 7 College Court, Gloucester. Pitcher was involved primarily in the photography of Gloucestershire churches, but also took pictures of churches and cathedrals in neighbouring counties, and of medieval sculptures at Winchester College. He collaborated on the publication of Rushforth’s series of volumes The stained glass of Great Malvern Priory Church , Gloucester, 1916-1927.

  He joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1904, was admitted as an Associate member in 1925, and became a Fellow in 1928.

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  British Arts & Crafts “School of Mackintosh” Glasgow Rose box c. 1900

  SCHOOL OF MACKINTOSH (1868-1928) UK

  Box with hinged cover  c. 1900

  Silver plate with a large abstract heart design and stylized Glasgow rose motifs in bas-relief.

  Illustrated: Modern Silver throughout the world, 1880-1967, Graham Hughes (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1967), p. 145.

  H: 2″ x W: 6 1/4″ x D: 4 3/4″