Manufacture Nationale De Sèvres, Exceptional Angers Vase, Signed, 1903

Exceptional vase in cobalt blue porcelain decorated with flowers gilded with gold, Vase d'Angers model, the shape designed by Henri-Ernest Brecy around 1897, the edges of the neck and the base finished in gold. This vase does not in fact have a bottom: it is pierced, and a system allows the vase to be fitted to the base. Thus deprived of any practical function but intended above all for ceremonial purposes, it seems certain that this vase took part in an exhibition. Vase marked with a stamp inside the neck, a "triangular S 1903 Manufacture national de Sèvres", made during the period of Alexandre Sandier (1843-1916). Early 20th century Archives, Categories elongated vases, p.20, Shapes of vases (1897-1920) Alexandre Sandier born in Beaune on February 3, 18431,2 and died in Chorey-les-Beaune on August 7, 19163 is an interior designer and French ceramist. In 1897, he was appointed director of the Sèvres factory and imposed an Art Nouveau style, breaking with the motifs inherited from the past2,4. The ceramics created under his direction are characterized by a simplification of forms4. He will manage the factory until his death. https://www.sevresciteceramique.fr/timelinesevres.html