AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN ART NOUVEAU VASE
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN ART NOUVEAU VASE
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN ART NOUVEAU VASE
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN ART NOUVEAU VASE
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AN ART NOUVEAU ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN VASE

CIRCA 1901, GREEN PRINTED TRIANGLE FACTORY MARK ENCLOSING 1901, VARIOUS INCISED LETTERS AND NUMERALS, ENAMEL SCRIPT SIGNATURE

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AN ART NOUVEAU ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN VASE
CIRCA 1901, GREEN PRINTED TRIANGLE FACTORY MARK ENCLOSING 1901, VARIOUS INCISED LETTERS AND NUMERALS, ENAMEL SCRIPT SIGNATURE
Painted by Juliette Vesque, signed, with sinuous plants with yellow flowers outlined in gilding, the ormolu pierced base with flowering plants between foliate scrolls, apparently conceived as a table lamp, the base pierced with two holes for electricity
13 ¼ in. (33.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Morley and Cargin, 1989.
Literature
B. Coleman, The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, PA, 2004, p. 218.

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Lot Essay


This vase is an example of the artist Juliette Vesque 's (1881-1962) early work at the Sèvres manufactory, where she worked, together with her sister Marthe, from c. 1901 to 1925, specialising in botanical subjects. The sisters were both artists, well-known for documenting Parisian circus life in their paintings and sketches. They left Sèvres when its style became too modern for their taste and subsquently worked at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, depicting natural history specimens.

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