Portrait of a Young Girl by Édouard Sain
Quite delightful oil on canvas portrait of a young girl, perhaps no older than seven or eight years of age, painted by the French artist Édouard Alexandre Sain (1830-1910). Dressed in her Sunday best clothes…
Locket by Mayle & Meyer
Heart-shaped silver locket by Meyle & Mayer made in Pforzheim, Germany circa 1900. Beautifully enamelled on the face with two snowdrops set against a background that is guilloche enamelled in shades of blue graduating through…
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Légras MontJoye Acid-Etched Vase with Violets
Square columnar glass vase from Legras MontJoye made at their Pantin glassworks around 1910. Primarily of clear glass, smooth on the inside and acid etched on the outer, giving a dappled and frosted appearance. Decorated…
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Guiraud-Rivière Dancer
Item Description
Art Deco dark patinated bronze sculpture ‘Dancer with Ball’ by the Toulouse born Maurice Guiraud-Rivière.
The nude dancer is seen about to catch the small ball that she’s holding in her raised left hand whilst at the same time dancing with one leg raised. Try doing that at home after a couple of glasses of wine…
This well known sculpture was edited in two sizes, this being the smaller one at approximately 32 cm high including its attractive variegated marble base.
Signed in the marble Guiraud Rivière.
Lit: Catley, p. 182 (larger edition).