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Robert Bloch / French Art Deco “Ribbon” bowl c. 1939 (Exhibited: Exposition de New York 1939)

ROBERT BLOCH France
BOURDOIS & BLOCH Paris, France
“Ribbon” bowl c. 1939
Porcelain with gilt and matte black polychrome decoration
Marks: crossed swords (company logo) MADE IN FRANCE
Paper label: Exposition de New York 1939 Robert Bloch Porcelaine de Paris
H: 2 3/4” x D: 9 3/4”
Robert Bloch / French Art Deco “Ribbon” bowl c. 1939 (Exhibited: Exposition de New York 1939)
WHITING MANUFACTURING CO. North Attleboro, MA
“Koi” serving bowl with matching servers c. 1880
Sterling silver serving bowl and matching servers with applications of Koi fish behind nets, gilt interior
Marks: on base: lion with W in oval (manufacturer’s insignia), STERLING, 2124A, J.E. CALDWELL & CO. (retailer)
H: 4 3/8″ x Dia: 9 3/4″
In 1840 Albert Tifft and William Whiting started their business in North Attleboro, MA as a jewelry manufacturing company and then in 1866 created the Whiting Mfg. Co. and expanded production into small holloware as well. The Gorham Company bought Whiting in 1926 and all operations were then moved to Providence, R.I.
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″
SEVARD France (active 1920’s/1930’s)
Dinanderie vase with fish fins c. 1925
Hand wrought and hand hammered copper with a rich chocolate-brown
patination and bronze fin-like handles, gilt detailing
Marks: Sevard (inscribed signature), “France”
H: 7 7/8” x W: 8 3/4”