Fine Arts and Crafts - 22nd June 2016

Lot 329

A Jean Garnier pewter jug

Estimate £150 - £250

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Description

A Jean Garnier pewter jug, modelled as a chick hatching from an egg, its head fully emerged and forming the spout, with applied handle, and a Jean Garnier jug modelled in low relief with figures, stamped mark, signed in the cast J Garnier, 16cm. high (2)

Literature

Paul Carter Robinson, 20th Century Pewter Art Nouveau to Modernism, Antique Collector's Club, page 177 catalogue number 3.20 for this actual bird jug and 3.19 for the figural ewer illustrated.