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Willem Brouwer Dutch Art Nouveau / Arts & Crafts Pottery Vase c. 1905

WILLEM COENRAAD BROUWER (1877-1933) The Netherlands
POTTERIJ VREDELUST Leiderdorp, The Netherlands
Vase with handles c. 1905
Brown glazed red clay with tan light brown cut out overlaid and sgraffito decoration in a stylized organic motif, two applied looping handles
Marks: Brouwer 139 (incised)
For similar work see: Dutch Decorative Arts 1880-1940, eds. Titus M. Eliëns, Marjan Groot, Frans Leidelmeijer (New York: Battledore Ltd.,1997),p. 56; Leven in een verzameling: Toegepaste kunst 1890-1940 uit de collectie Meentwijck (Laren: Singer Museum, 2000), illus. 76, 77, p. 74.
For more information on Brouwer see: Art Nouveau en Art Deco in Nederland: verzamelobjecten uit de vernieuwingen in de kunstnijverheid van 1890 tot 1940, Frans Leidelmeijer and Daan van der Cingel (city unknown: Meulenhoff/ Landshoff, 1983), pp. 80-82.
H: 6″ x Dia: 5″
Willem Brouwer Dutch Art Nouveau / Arts & Crafts Pottery Vase c. 1905
MITSUKOSHI Japan
EARLY SHOWA PERIOD (1926-1989) Japan
Vase c. 1925-30
Silver with repoussé blossoms and leaves on a bulbous form with collar
Marks: Mitsukoshi (Japanese characters)
H: 6” x D: 9 1/2”
SOLD
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK
MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, England
“Cloisonné” vase 1867
Glazed porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration and gilding
Marks: MINTON, date cipher for 1867
Illustration: Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhibition catalogue, Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 78.
H: 9 7/8”
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”