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Suzanne Bizard Pair of French Art Deco “Snail” bookends c. 1925
SUZANNE BIZARD (1873 – 1963) France
Pair of French Art Deco “Snail” bookends c. 1925
Original silvered cast bronze full dimensional snails on black Portoro marble plinth bases
Signed: S. Bizard
H: 5 1/8″ x D: 5 3/4″
Suzanne Bizard Pair of French Art Deco “Snail” bookends c. 1925
CHINESE ART DECO
Covered Box c.1930
Cloisonne enamel in a fantasy archaic Chinese motif in red, yellow, black and white abstract designs on a bronze body with a blue enameled underside and a wood lined interior.
H: 1 5/8″ x D: 6 1/8″ x W: 6 1/8″
BERNHARD AMSTER (active Vienna early 20th century) Austria JEWELER, GOLDSMITH AND SILVERSMITH
“Winged Heart” Covered Box c. 1910
Handwrought and hand-hammered silver in a half oval form on four cylindrical feet with heart-shaped finial inset with bone and stylized silver feathers
Marked: BA (in a rectangle 2x), Austrian touchmark for 800 silver (in a pentagon 2x)
For more information see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991)
H: 4 1/2″ x W: 6 1/2″ x D: 4 3/4″
Price: $5,750