Louis Majorelle French Art Nouveau "Fiddleback Fern" bowl c. 1900
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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.
WMF Jugendstil Art Nouveau Four Seasons Jewelry box c. 1900
WMF [Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik] Germany
“Four Seasons” Art Nouveau Jewelry box c. 1900
Silver plate with Jugendstil design buttress handles and open work handle with a frieze of Art Nouveau maidens representing the four seasons, velvet lined with two original keys.
Marks: WMF mark, I/O (in a box), E
For more information see: WMF: Glas, Keramik, Metall, 1925-1950, Jörg Schwandt (Berlin: Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliches Museum Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1981); Metallkunst, Band IV (Berlin: Brohan-Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1981) pp. 546-579.
Friedrich Gornik Bronze “Pelican” Art Nouveau Vide Poche c.1910
Friedrich Gornik (1877-1943) Austria.
“Pelicans” vide poche c. 1910.
Bronze with a natural gold patina of two pelicans on a rock, one seated and the other eating fish.
Marks: F Gornik and monogram.
For more information on Friedrich Gornik see: Der Österreichische Werkbund, Astrid Gmeiner & Gottfried Pirhofer (Salzburg & Wien: Residenz Verlag,1985) p. 228; Österreichische Keramik des Jugendstils, Waltraud Neuwirth (Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1974) p. 156.
Ane Christensen Contemporary British Sterling Silver Bowl 1999
ANE CHRISTENSEN (b.1972) born in Copenhagen, Denmark/ based in London, UK
Bowl 1999
Sterling silver
Marks: AKC, 925, Z, British hallmarks
H: 2 ½” x L: 12”
Price: $5,950
The starting point for all of metalworker Ane Christensen’s tableware is a single sheet of metal. Her aim is to develop a three dimensional object from a flat sheet without adding or removing any elements. Japanese paper packaging influences Ane’s work, but a more important influence is the half finished or half demolished structures of building sites that she says can hold unexpected sculptural qualities.
Ane graduated from the Royal College of Art and has since been involved in exhibitions in London, Denmark and Copenhagen, including more recently at Collect, V&A.
Ane makes pieces in a variety of metals including silver, stainless steel and powder coated copper.
Jean Serriere Rare French Art Deco Dinanderie Bowl c. 1925
Jean Serrrière (1893-1968) France
A. Hebrard (closed 1937) Paris
Footed dinanderie bowl, circa 1925
Hand wrought copper with silver incrustations in a repeating triangular motif and contrasting black patination on a rich brown ground.
Marks: JS (artists monogram) A. Hebrard, Paris
For more information see: Art et Décoration Revue Mensuelle D’Art Moderne, Tome XLVII. (Paris: Librairie Centrale Des Beaux-Arts) p.217; Silver of a New Era: International Highlights of Precious Metalwork from 1880 to 1940, (Rotterdam: Museum Boymans van-Beuningen, 1992) p.68, cat.no. 61; La Dinanderie Française 1900-1950, Dominique Forest and Marie-Cécile Forest (Paris: Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 1995) p.231-233.
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