Lot 363
FRANÇOIS-ÉMILE DÉCORCHEMENT (1880-1971)
COUPE DEUX ANSES LAURIERS MASQUES, MODEL BC, 1909-11
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: Lots 337 to 642 | 17th October at 10am
Description
pâte d'email, numbered 2 from an edition of 16, impressed Décorchement mark, BC 2
Dimensions
14.2cm wide, 4.8cm high
Footnote
Literature: Ayroles V. François Décorchemont, Maître de la pâte de verre 1880-1971, Paris, 2006, p. 226 (other example illustrated)
Note: Whilst we expect to see only one example of numbered BC2 in this instance there are two. One in the Museum of Applied Arts in Cologne and this present work. The designer's notebook references two examples one in reddish-brown and one in orange (which must be this lot). One is mentioned as having a cancelled mark however we have to assume this never happened as neither of the bowls has a cancelled cypher.
Lyon & Turnbull would like to thank both Véronique Ayroles, Assistant Curator at the Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, and author of François Décorchemont, Maître de la pâte de verre 1880-1971, Paris, 2006, and Dr Patricia Brattig, Curator at the Museum of Applied Arts, Cologne, for their assistance in cataloguing this lot.
