Claudius Marioton French, 1844-1919 "water nymph" Paris, circa 1895

gilt and silvered bronze, the onyx, rouge griotte de campan, mazy black and Campan green marble base inscribed Claudius MARIOTON INV^r SC^r CiS^r.

Overall fine condition and presentation, cleaned. Possible minor bending to stem of bullrush. One or two minute nicks to edges of marble.
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The elder brother of the sculptor Eugène Marioton and the painter Jean Alfred Marioton, Claudius Marioton exhibited at every Paris Salon from 1873 onwards, winning an honorary mention each year from 1879 to 1882. At the 1889 Exposition Universelle, he was awarded two gold medals and one silver medal, and he worked with several leading designers and craftsman of his day, including Millet, Carrier-Belleuse, Froment-Meurice and Falize. As a sculptor, chaser, and designer in silver and bronze, three of Marioton’s major projects have been discussed in recent publications. He chased the silver and gold elements of a clock by Lucien Falize of 1881-82, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, see Clare Vincent, European Clocks and Watches in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015, page 258; a coupe in silver, porcelain and porphyry, by Carrier-Belleuse and Taxile Doat  in the Musee d'Orsay, discussed and illustrated by Marc Bascou, et.al, Catalogue sommaire illustre des arts decoratifs, 1988, page 48; and a silver and crystal surtout de table of 1887 exhibited at International Exposition in Bruxelles, designed for Froment-Meurice for the King of the Belgium, winning the grand prix. See the catalogue of the exhibition by the Musée de la Vie Romantique, Tresors d'Argent Les Froment-Meurice, 2003, page. 118.