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Van Cleef & Arpels, NY gem set floral perfume bottle in 14k rose gold set with 5 round cut natural rubies, c.1938 (left) & Cartier Art Deco “Candle or Flame” portable perfume bottle in 14k gold, c.1930’s
Van Cleef & Arpels, NY gem set floral perfume bottle in 14k rose gold set with 5 round cut natural rubies, c.1938 (left) & Cartier Art Deco “Candle or Flame” portable perfume bottle in 14k gold, c.1930’s
HUGO ELMQUIST (1862-1930) Sweden
Butterfly vase c. 1904
Patinated bronze with rich green brown patina, low relief butterfly and vines with two articulated handles.
Marks: Hugo Elmquist Firenze (incised initials)
Other examples illustrated: Modernism: Modernist Design 1880-1940, The Norwest Collection, Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis, Alastair Duncan (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: The Antique Collector’s Club, 1998), p. 85; Die Jugendstil-Sammlung, Heinz Spielmann, et. al., vol. 1, Künstler A-F (Hamburg: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1979), p. 451,
illus. 635.
H: 9 1/2″ x Dia: 3 1/2″
Price: $2,800
LUC LANEL (1893-1965) France
ORFÈVRERIE CHRISTOFLE Paris
Ovoid form with a foot and flared lip design with a polished copper body with an overall stepped rectangular and square motif geometric design
Marks: CHRISTOFLE (large script with wave lines below), B 173, G
For more information see: Mobilier et Décoration d’Interieur ( 1924-25), p. 10; Les Arts Décoratifs Modernes (France), Gaston Quènioux (Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1925), p. 176; 150 Ans d’Ofèvrerie Christofle, Henri Bouilhet ([Paris]: Chêne/Hachette: 1981), pp. 241 and 230.
H: 8 5/8″ x Dia: 5″