Georges GARDET (1863 - 1939) & MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE - Lot 121

Georges GARDET (1863 - 1939) & MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES "Mouse and snail", model created circa 1897. Proof in cookie. Signed on the terrace, stamp of the manufacture and dated 1904. Height 6,5 cm - Length 25 cm - Depth 3,5 cm History: A similar model is kept under the n°OAO162 in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Exhibition: This model was presented at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900. Bibliography: Émile Molinier, " Quelques mots sur l'exposition de céramique ", Art et Décoration, Paris, 1897, Tome 2, similar model reproduced p. 8 ; Paul Vitry, " Un animalier : Georges Gardet ", Art et Décoration, Paris, Tome VII, January-June 1905, similar model reproduced p. 76 ; Marc Bascou, Marie-Madeleine Massé & Philippe Thiébaut, Musée d'Orsay. Catalog sommaire illustré des arts décoratifs, Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1988, similar model reproduced p. 109.