"penguin" Zoomorphic Pitcher By Edouard Sandoz For The Théodore Haviland Factory, 1917.

Édouard Marcel Sandoz is a Swiss sculptor specializing in figures and animals, as well as a watercolor painter.
Édouard Marcel Sandoz is the son of Edouard Sandoz, the founder of the chemical and later pharmaceutical company Sandoz (now Novartis).

He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Antonin Mercié and Jean-Antoine Injalbert.

Sandoz is best known for his numerous porcelain boxes, bottles, decanters, and tea and coffee sets. He worked with various materials, including marble, bronze, and ceramics. His style owes much to Art Nouveau. He had a particular interest in animal sculpture, especially fennec foxes and rabbits, of which he created numerous depictions.

The pitcher has been perfectly restored from a crack on the neck and the crown.
Inscriptions on the base: “T H” engraved for Théodore Haviland; below that, the number 2; and further below, “SEZ” between two crosses for Edouard Sandoz. Printed in red: Théodore Haviland Limoges France copyright and “registered”; in blue: Sandoz’s signature and “sc” for “sculpsit.”