JEAN DESPRES (1889-1980) - Lot 32

JEAN DESPRES (1889-1980) Hammered pewter pitcher with ovoid body, flared spout and scroll-shaped detached side handle (scratches, small dents). Signed. H16.5 cm - H 6 1/2 in. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Philippe Guegan, Jean Després, 1889 - 1980, Galerie Flore, Paris, 2006, variant of our model referenced under no. 18 and reproduced on p. 48. CHRISTIAN FJERDINGSTAD (1891-1968) & CHRISTOFLE - GALLIA (ÉDITEUR) Silver-plated metal pitcher, model created circa 1930-1935, with ovoid body with four bulging ribs, tubular neck with small pouring spout and detached side handle recessed on four-lobed heel (scratches, small dents). Inscribed on the body "Automobile Club de l'Oranie - IIe course de côte automobile du Murdjadjo, 1957" (Algeria). Marked Gallia, numbered 5885 and maker's mark on reverse. H 21 cm - H 8 1/4 in. BIBLIOGRAPHY : - Collective, "Amber and Silver. Christian Fjerdingstad, un orfèvre danois de l'Art Déco", Éditions d'Art Somogy, Paris, 1999, p. 27 for a reproduction of our model without inscription. - Céline & Fabien Mathivet, "Christian Fjerdingstad, Maître Orfèvre de l'Art Déco", Galerie Mathivet, Paris, 2011, p. 23 for a reproduction of our model without inscription. LOUIS SUE (1875-1968) & CHRISTOFLE - GALLIA (ÉDITEUR) Silver-plated pitcher with conical pouring spout and detached side handle on overhanging heel with four cut sides. Decorated in light relief with stylized leaves at the bottom (slight oxidation). Numbered 5978 on reverse. H 18 cm - H 7 1/8 in. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Yvonne Brunhammer, Les Grands Styles - Le Style 1925, ed. Baschet et Cie, Paris, 1975, model referenced and reproduced p. 138 under no. 3.