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  Désiré Christian / Meisenthal Art Nouveau Art Glass Gourd Vase c. 1885-90

  DÉSIRÉ CHRISTIAN (1846-1907) France
  MEISENTHAL (LOTHRINGEN) France/Germany

  Gourd vessel in the Japanese taste   c. 1885-90

  Wheel-carved and martelé French cameo glass with metallic inclusions and applied glass (blossoms, tendrils and butterflies)

  Signed on the bottom: Desire Christian, Meisenthal Loth

  For information on Désiré Christian see: The Glass of Désiré Christian, Ghost for Gallé, Jules S. Traub (Chicago: The Art Glass Exchange, 1978).

  H: 8 1/2″ x Dia: 4″

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  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.

  H: 7 1/2″ x W: 17″ x D: 5 1/2″

  Price: $3,500

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  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.

  H: 9″ x W: 6 1/2″ x D: 6″

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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.