André-Fernand THESMAR 1843-1912 Hemispheric... Lot 40

André-Fernand THESMAR
1843-1912
Hemispheric bowl - 1900
Decorated with anemones and ladybugs in enamel and translucent enamel in plique-à-jour on mesh and gold mounting
Monogrammed and dated by the artist
H. 5 cm - D. 9 cm
A model with the same decoration is in the collections of the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Copies of the same shape are kept at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris
under inventory numbers: OA 3288, OAO 204
A copy in the same form is kept at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris under inventory number: 6269
A copy in the same form is conserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under inventory number: 05.10.2
Bibliography:
Maurice Rheims, L'Objet 1900, Arts & Métiers graphiques éditeur, Paris,
1964, p.124 and p.131, ill. 79,80, for comparable examples.
A plique-à-jour enamel by André-Fernand Thesmar, monogrammed and dated - 1900
H.: 1.9 in. - D.: 3.5 in.