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  Belle Epoque “Staghorn Beetle” brooch, Montana sapphires set in white and yellow gold with a pearl back and 2 ruby eyes, c. 1900

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  Firmin-Marcelin Michelet French Art Nouveau “Four Seasons” sculpted vase c. 1900

  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

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  Sophie Burger-Hartmann bronze Art Nouveau Sculptural Vide Poche c. 1900

  SOPHIE BURGER-HARTMANN (1868-1940) Munich, Germany

  Vide Poche c. 1900

  Richly patinated dark brown bronze Vide Poche modeled as a swirling Art Nouveau nymph holding a stylized shell form low tray.

  Marks: VW (Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk Munich)

  H: 6 1/2″ D: 7″ x W: 8″

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  John Pearson / British Arts & Crafts Handwrought copper tea caddy c. 1900

  JOHN PEARSON  (19th century) UK

  Tea caddy  c. 1900

  Handwrought copper with rivets, repoussé lid with 4 heart-shaped leaves, rich red brown original patina

  Marked:  JP in an oval cartouche (on bottom)

  H: 4 1/2″ x D: 4 1/4″

  For more information on Pearson see: CR Ashbee: architect, designer & romantic socialist, Alan Crawford (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1985), pp. 32-33, 46, 313-316;  Reflections: arts and crafts metalwork in England and the United States (New York: Kurland – Zabar, 1990), pp. 32-33.

  Pearson was an original member of CR Ashbee’s Guild of Handicraft starting in 1888. He later resigned to join the Newlyn Industrial Class. He also worked for the designer & ceramicist William De Morgan which is where many of his fanciful themes in repousse are inspired. He is considered one of the finest repousse metalsmiths of the period. His shop remained active until after the turn of the century, most pieces are dated.