TWO MONUMENTAL SEVRES (THIRD REPUBLIC) GREY-BLUE GROUND VASES ('VASE D'ALBI'), "LES CYGNES"

DATED 1899 AND 1900, ONE WITH BLACK PRINTED TRIANGULAR DECORE MARK FOR 1900 AND INCISED IL 1900 7 PN FOR PATE NOUVELLE; THE OTHER WITH A GREEN S.(18)99 LOZENGE MARK, INCISED C99 3 PN, SIGNED H(ORACE) BIEUVILLE 1899 OR 1900

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TWO MONUMENTAL SEVRES (THIRD REPUBLIC) GREY-BLUE GROUND VASES ('VASE D'ALBI'), "LES CYGNES"
DATED 1899 AND 1900, ONE WITH BLACK PRINTED TRIANGULAR DECORE MARK FOR 1900 AND INCISED IL 1900 7 PN FOR PATE NOUVELLE; THE OTHER WITH A GREEN S.(18)99 LOZENGE MARK, INCISED C99 3 PN, SIGNED H(ORACE) BIEUVILLE 1899 OR 1900
EACH DECORATED WITH A CONTINUOUS SCENE OF STYLIZED SWANS SWIMMING AMONG LOTUS BLOSSOMS ON A POND BEFORE A WOODED LANDSCAPE
48 IN. (122 CM.) HIGH (2)

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PRESENT VASES CAME TO THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM IN 1918 TO BE SHOWN IN THE EXHIBITION 'THE ARTS OF FRANCE AND BELGIUM FROM THE PAN-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION', 5 FEBRUARY UNTIL 18 MARCH 1918. THEY WERE LATER GIFTED TO THE MUSEUM BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, AS REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES OF THE TRUSTEES AND THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE, 18 MAY 1919. ANOTHER DOCUMENT FROM THE FRENCH COMMERCIAL ATTACHé CONFIRMS THAT THEY WERE THEREAFTER EXHIBITED IN THE ROTUNDA OF THE MUSEUM.

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HORACE DéSIRé BIEUVILLE IS RECORDED AT SèVRES AS A PAINTER FROM 1879 TO 1925. EXAMPLES OF HIS DESIGNS ARE CONSERVED AT THE MANUFACTURE. THE ARCHIVE RECORDS FOUR VARIANT DECORES BY BIEUVILLE FOR THE FORM D'ALBI. AT LEAST TWO OF THESE ARE RECORDED AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE 1900, 'LES CYGNES' AND 'HERONS'. A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SIX VASES OF EACH DESIGN WERE MADE, MAKING IT LIKELY THAT ONE OR BOTH OF THE PRESENT EXAMPLES WERE SHOWN AT THE EXPOSITION. SEE ALASTAIR DUNCAN, THE PARIS SALON, 1815-1914, VOL. IV, 1998, P. 389 FOR THE EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED ABOVE AND P. 397 FOR AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE VASE D'ALBI WITH 'HERONS' ON A STONEWARE PEDESTAL. (OUR SINCERE THANKS TO MME. TAMARA PRéAUD FOR HER HELP COMPILING THE ARCHIVAL INFORMATION FOR THIS ENTRY.)

FOR AN EXAMPLE OF THIS FORM WITH A CONTINUOUS AQUATIC DESIGN BY BIEUVILLE, 1901, SEE THE DOEKENHUIS VAN NATHALIE MUSEUM WEBSITE, HERE NOTED AS A GIFT FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO THE CITY OF GHENT, 1913.