Bussière, Perianthe, Art Nouveau Ceramic

Ernest BUSSIÈRE (1863-1913) & KELLER & GUERIN-LUNÉVILLE

Perianth

Vase in fully glazed green and red matte matte red.

Signed with both names, located Lunéville and numbered 8B.

Exhibition :

• Exposition de l'École de Nancy, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, 1 March to 1 April 1903.
• Metz-Nancy, Nancy-Metz: une histoire de frontière, 1861 - 1909, Musée de La Cour d'Or, Metz, from 18 December 1999 to 12 March 2000.
• Céramiques Végétales Ernest Bussière et l'Art Nouveau, Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, Nancy, from 21 June to 25 September 2000.

Historical background:

A similar example from the former collection of Jean-Baptiste Eugène Corbin is kept at the Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy (inv. 206).

The piece shown here is from the former collection of Robert Zehil, published in Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics on page 84.

Bibliography:

• Collectif, Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Pavillon de Marsan - Exposition de l'alliance provinciale des industries d'art - École de Nancy, mars 1903 - Catalogue officiel illustré, Édition de la Lorraine artiste, Nancy, 1903, our vase reproduced (np).
• Émile Gallé, L'École de Nancy à Paris, La Lorraine artiste, n°6, 15 March 1903, our vase referenced and reproduced p. 86.
• Collectif, Céramique Lorraine : Chefs-d'oeuvre des XVIIIe & XIXe siècles, Conseil Régional de Lorraine & Éditions Serpenoise & Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 1991, model kept at the Musée de l'École de Nancy referenced under n°216 and reproduced p. 315.
• Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914. Vol. IV: Ceramics & Glass, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 1994, our vase reproduced on p. 261.
• Annabelle Hery, La faïencerie de Lunéville, 1786 - 1923: les Keller et Guérin, Vesoul, 1999, variant of our model reproduced p. 103.
• Collective, L'École de Nancy, 1889-1909. Art nouveau et industries d'art, catalogue of the exhibition of the same name from 24 April to 26 July 1999 at the Galerie Poirel, Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris, 1999, model kept at the Musée de l'École de Nancy referenced under no. 21 and reproduced on p. 289.
• Collective, Metz-Nancy, Nancy-Metz: une histoire de frontière, 1861-1909, catalogue of the exhibition of the same name from 18 December 1999 to 12 March 2000 at the Musée de La Cour d'Or, Éditions Serpenoise, Metz, variants of our model referenced under nos. 231 & 232 and reproduced on p. 193.
• Céramiques Végétales Ernest Bussière et l'Art Nouveau, Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, Nancy, 21 June to 25 September 2000. 1st cover and p. 53.
• Paul Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics - An Illustrated Dictionary, Éditions Norma, Paris, 2015, p. 84. Former Robert Zehil collection.