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  Christopher Dresser / Heath & Middleton Aesthetic Movement Claret Jug 1881

  CHRISTOPHER DRESSER  (1834-1904)  UK
  HEATH & MIDDLETON  Birmingham, England

  Claret jug   1881

  Very rare model in sterling silver with a bone handle, crystal body

  Marks: JTH JHM, Reg. mark for May 9, 1881, London assay marks for 1881 (“F” in a shield)

  Illustrated: Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 63

  This signature Dresser claret jug appears in Nikolaus Pevsner’s landmark book from 1936 entitled “Pioneers of Modern Design”.

  H: 8 3/8″

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  Maurice Bouval French Art Nouveau Nymph Silvered Bronze Candleholder c. 1900

  MAURICE BOUVAL  (born  Toulouse, died 1920)  France

  M. COLIN  France

  “Nymph Embracing a Blossom” candle holder  c.1900

  Silvered cast bronze in the form of a nymph on a leaf embracing a blossom

  Marks: M. Bouval (script signature) and COLIN, (Foundry) written above

  For other examples of Bouval’s work see: The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Vol. V: Objets d’Art & Metalware, Alastair Duncan (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1999), p. 127; Ecole to Deco, Small Sculptures from a Private Collection, Stephen C. McGough ed. (Oberlin, Ohio: Allen Memorial Art Museum, 1979) pp. 33-4; Art Nouveau Sculpture, Alastair Duncan (New York: Rizzoli, 1978) pp. 30-1.

  H: 3″ x W: 6 1/2″ x D: 4 3/4″