Property from a European Family : Extraordinary Objects by Boucheron’
Boucheron
Wooden bonbonnière
Auction Closed
October 8, 04:09 PM GMT
Estimate
14,000 - 22,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Carved boxwood and pearwood, depicting mistletoe branches, the cover decorated with a druidess crowned with mistletoe and a sickle, enhanced with gold plaques engraved with mistletoe branches, the push-button designed as an enamelled ladybird.
- Dimensions approximatively 35 x 80mm
- Signed Boucheron, numbered
- French assay mark for 18 carat, maker's mark
- Art Nouveau
- Gross weight 162.57 grams
Champier, Victor, Les Industries d'Art à l'Exposition de 1900, p. 226, cited.
Jardin des Modes (German edition), November 1983.
Neret, Gilles, Boucheron, Lausanne, 1988, p. 72, illustrating the present lot.
Neret, Gilles, Joaillier du Temps, Lausanne, 1992, p. 32, cited.
Davidson, Monique, La Saga Boucheron, Jours de France, Winter 1988/1989, p. 6, illustrating the present lot.
Edmond-Henri Becker is a leading figure of the Art Nouveau movement, he pursued a multifaceted career as a sculptor, medallist, goldsmith, and jeweller before embracing the refined aesthetics of Art Deco. Also active in wood engraving, sculpture, and the decorative arts, he demonstrated a remarkable breadth of artistic achievement. He gained significant recognition at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle, where his contribution, notably to the Boucheron stand, was rewarded with a gold medal. This collaboration highlights the distinctive nature of his work, situated at the crossroads of sculpture, goldsmithing, jewellery, and the decorative arts.