Wolfgang Kreidl / Max Roesler Jugendstil Keramik "Darmstadt" charger c. 1930
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Wolfgang Kreidl / Max Roesler Jugendstil Keramik “Darmstadt” charger c. 1930
WOLFGANG KREIDL (1906-1972) Dresden, Germany
MAX ROESLER FEINSTEINGUTFABRIK A.G. Germany
“Darmstadt” charger c. 1930
Brown, orange and cream glazed earthenware with a triangle and circle airbrush design, on stand
Marks: Max Roesler Rodach (shield mark), 9, 2925, 6239 1 (under the glaze)
Model illustrated: Keramiken der Neuen Sammlung im Internationalen Keramik-Museum Weiden, Hans Wichmann, (Munich: Staatliches Museum für angewandte Kunst, 1990), cover image and p. 65; Design Contra Art Déco: 1927-1932 Jahrfünft der Wende, Hans Wichman (Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1993), p. 101.
For more information about Wolfgang Kreidel and other models with matching air brush design see: Max Roesler, Keramik zwischen Jugendstil und Art Deco, Rolf Peters (Darmstadt: Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt, 1998), p. 98-102.
Silver-plated copper with with red patinated squares and rectangles on a black-patinated textured background
Marks: WMF castle mark, IKORA
Illustrated: WMF Ikora Metall / Metalwork, Carlo Burschel and Heinz Scheiffele (Stuttgart, Germany: ARNOLDSCHE, 2006), p. 142, 90/585.
For more information see: WMF Glas Keramik Metall 1925-1950, Jörg Schwandt, (Berlin: Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museum Preussischer Kulturbesitz, 1981). Metallkunst, Band IV (Berlin: Bröhan-Museum, 1981) pp. 546-579.
Hexagonal green-tinted lead crystal covered dish / tazza with lid in a stepped jewel-like form mounted with a silver lid and footed base silver
Marks: WMF logo, moon, crown, 800
For more information see: Wilhelm Wagenfeld und die Moderne Glasindustrie,Walter Scheiffele (Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1994); WMF Ikora Metall / Metalwork, Carlo Burschel and Heinz Scheiffele (Stuttgart, Germany: ARNOLDSCHE, 2006).
Breuhaus de Groot / WMF Germany Pair Art Deco of candlesticks c. 1930
FRITZ AUGUST BREUHAUS DE GROOT (1883-1960) Germany
WMF [WÜRTTEMBERGISCHE METALLWARENFABRIK] Geislingen, Germany
Pair of candlesticks c. 1930
Chrome and bakelite spheres
Marks: WMF mark, VERCHROMT
Related designs illustrated: Metallkunst: Kunst vom Jugendstil zur Moderne (1889-1939), Karl H. Bröhan, Band IV (Berlin: Bröhan-Museum, 1990) n. 608 p. 570; Modernist Design 1880-1940, Alastair Duncan, The Norwest Collection (Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Antique Collectors’ Club, 1998), p. 173; WMF Ikora Metall / Metalwork, Carlo Burschel and Heinz Scheiffele (Stuttgart, Germany: ARNOLDSCHE, 2006) p. 192
Andre Vincent Becquerel Arabian Horse bronze sculpture c. 1930
ANDRE VINCENT BECQUEREL (1893-1981) France
Arabian Horse sculpture c. 1930
Bronze with overall rich green/brown patina with intricate sculpting and details, black Belgian marble plinth base
Signed: A. Becquerel (inscribed in the bronze)
H: 12” x W: 21” x D: 6”
Price: $27,500
Andre Vincent Becquerel was born in St. Andre-Farivilliers. He studied at the l’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris under Hector Lemaire and Prosper Lecourtier. He specialized in fine animal sculpture and regularly exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais from 1914 to 1922. Becquerel worked for the Editeur Parisiens Edmond Etling in Paris and created a monumental sculpture in patinated plaster for the “Pavillon international” at the Exposition Internationale in Paris in 1937.
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