TRAVEL CASE OF OBJECTS AND PERSONAL TOILETTE OF THE SOPRANO MARÍA BARRIENTOS, FF. XIXTH CENTURY.
Made exclusively for the Spanish soprano María Barrientos (Barcelona, 1884-France, 1946) by the goldsmith workshop Gustave Keller in Paris, in kidskin with the artist's name engraved on it. With three front closures and restored handle. Interior, also lined in leather, with compartments of various sizes, some with button closures and a large bottom.
Contains: glove tweezers, mirror with vermeil silver frame and leather back for hanging or support, a hand mirror, a shoehorn, nail file and polisher, hairbrush and two brushes for clothes, all made in tortoiseshell. M.B. initials engraved in 18kt gold.
A leather box with two nail polishing brushes and a silver case. A leather box for hairpins, still preserved, and a comb case. Engraved M.B. initials.
Four eau de cologne bottles, a soap dish, a pill box, a toothbrush bottle, four powder boxes (two large and two small) and three cream bottles, all made of glass with vermeil silver stoppers. Boxes for cottons and a sewing box with all the accessories and threads. Engraved M.B. initials.
A clipboard made in leather, with blotters and a card of her son Jorge Keen Barrientos.
A tea set composed of a tea pot, saucepan, tea cup, teaspoon, small tray and alcohol tin. In vermeil silver and ivory. Engraved M.B. initials.
SET OF TWO LIQUOR DEWTERS AND VASE IN GLASS Pair of triangular prism-shaped decanters, with stoppers
Vase with carved decoration and globular body.
Heights: 35, 27 and 22 cm.
CANTONESE VASE, CHINA, 19TH CENTURY. Enameled and gilded porcelain Enameled with decoration of courtly and floral scenes arranged as cartouches.
With Chinese marks on the base.
FRENCH PORCELAIN JEWELRY BOX POLYCHROME POLYCHROME WITH GALLANT SCENE AND GOLDEN HIGHLIGHTS. FFS. S.XIX With mark on the base "Lemioges".
Decorated with a gallant scene on the lid and gilded vegetal scrolls, the interior is decorated with gilded floral motifs. Ornamented in gilded metal.
Pair of large Imari lidded vases
Japan
Meiji period, 1868-1912
Porcelain colourfully glazed
Total height with pedestal and lid 84 cm each
A pair of large Imari lidded vases in the Kinrande style, richly decorated with floral decoration in underglaze blue and over the glaze red, grey-violet and grey-blue, with abundant gilt accents. The vases stand on suitably decorated porcelain bases, the lids each crowned by a red and gold shishi.
Pair of Satsuma vases
Japan
Circa 1900
Ceramic colourfully painted & gilded
Height 30 cm, diameter 15 cm
One vase restored at the neck, the other cracked
Satsuma vase
Japan
Meiji to Taishō period, 1868-1926
Height 13 cm
Marked on the base in the shape of a wheel cross (Shimazu clan)
Two-handled bulging vase in the shape of an archaic Chinese bronze vessel. High-gloss "Gosu" cobalt blue ground with floral decoration in overglaze gold, the front and back each with a light-coloured panel with polychrome pictorial depiction. The front shows four children in a room with a large birdcage in the centre. Two of the children are busy with the animal. This depiction also has plenty of golden accents, including the gold-speckled background. The panel on the reverse is somewhat more sparingly gilded; the landscape with the river and houses is effective here due to its colourfulness.
If the piece did not have a golden wheel cross-shaped mark of the Shimazu clan, which provided the daimyōs of Satsuma, at the bottom, it could easily be mistaken for a product from the famous workshop of Kinkōzan Sōbei in Kyōto in terms of style and fineness of execution. The square stamp in gold on a red background also imitates the appearance of some Kinkōzan stamps, but bears a different text, of which unfortunately only the right-hand part can be deciphered as "Great Japan". Remnants of European numerals in ink can still be seen below the stamp, possibly once an inventory number.
Pair of cloisonné vases
Japan
Meiji period, 1868-1912
Height 35 cm each
Bumped
Splendid pair of vases, each with a samurai in a panel. One of the warriors on a wild ride is barely able to tame his horse and appears to be about to fall, the other on foot, splendidly armed, in front of a banner. On the reverse of each panel is another panel with peonies, the rest of the surface decorated with ornamental flowers and birds.
The inside is glazed in light blue, whereby the glaze is irregular and not opaque due to the special size of the vases. The production of such large cloisonné works represented a technological tour de force, as evidenced by the glaze defects on the inside and the somewhat distorted overall shapes. The
fact that the depictions are nevertheless flawlessly executed testifies to the great technological skill of the artists.
At the time these vases were created, the Meiji government had just replaced the samurai warriors with a more contemporary army. The depictions therefore also reflect a certain melancholy, even if only for export.
A few of the silver bars are missing, but no significant damage to the enamel.
Pair of cloisonné vases
Japan
Meiji period, 1868-1912
Height 15 cm each
Lower rim slightly chipped
Pair of finely crafted vases with flowers, behind which flying herons can be seen. These vases clearly show the importance that Japanese exhibits at the world exhibitions in Vienna and Paris had on the development of European Art Nouveau.
Émile Gallé
Nancy 1846-1904
Vase
Decorative seascape with trees
Colourless glass, green underlay, dark green overlay
Partly frosted and polished
Signature "Gallé" on the wall, highly etched
Height 30.7 cm, diameter 13.3 cm
Muller Frères Lunèville
Vase circa 1900
Decorative tree landscape
Colourless glass, dark red overlay, etched, martelised and fire-polished
Height 35 cm
Mark engraved on the base "Muller Croismare près Nancy"
The French glassmakers were originally from Alsace. Some members of the family worked with Émile Gallé! They then set up their own business and became known for producing Art Nouveau glassworks such as vases and lampshades. Their factory was first in Lunéville, then in nearby Croismare, France.
Johann Loetz Witwe
Vase
Version 2
1908
With silver iris foot, cracked at the base
Height 26 cm, diameter 12 cm
Literature:
J. Lnenickova, "Loetz / Series II. Glass patterns from the years 1900 to 1914", Susice 2011, no. PN II/66249, p. 605.
Writing case
Design Josef Hoffmann & Mathilde Flögl
Execution Wiener Werkstätte
Circa 1924
Leather with gold embossing, stamped
35 x 27 cm, opened 35 x 54 cm
Damaged
The leather department of the Wiener Werkstätte produced high-quality leather products in the 1920s. From one and a half metre high top cabinets by Otto Prutscher to matchbox covers by Josef Hoffmann, they produced their artistically crafted objects primarily in gold-embossed goatskin.
The shape of this writing case was designed by Josef Hoffmann around 1919. Mathilde Flögl was responsible for the decoration around 1925. She was Hoffmann's pupil and one of the most artistically versatile women of the Wiener Werkstätte. The materials used were leather embossed with gold and silk on the inside. The portfolio is marked with the gold stamp "Wiener Werk Stätte".
Literature:
Same model, Wiener Werkstätte in the Museum of Applied Arts MAK, Vienna, inventory number LE 541-1.
Mixed lot: 4 pieces
Small tray
Alt Wien
Silver marked
Length 21 cm
Weight 173 g
1 oval pill box
Silver marked
Length 5.7 cm
Weight 57.1 g
1 butter & 1 cheese knife
Silver marked, blade steel
Weight of both 106 g
Oval lidded box
With a relief on the lid
Surrounded by palm tree decoration & pearl bar
Silver, gold-plated inside
Length 13.7 cm, width 10 cm, height 4 cm
Weight 58.3 g
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