(A) Here's a signed Verlys bowl with a big goldfish in the middle. The fish is about an inch thick! Three of the bubbles comprise the feet upon which the bowl rests... oh, those wily French, infusing function with beauty! About 14 inches across.

You lingered, but not Joel & Perry! SOLD!!!

 

(B) A bronze centerpiece bowl, artist-signed and marked by France's best-known froundry, Barbedienne. (e-mail Jack for a price)

 

 

(C) Signed Pierre d'Avesn, three carp swimming in a sea of opalescence! 12 wide by 2 1/8 tall (e-mail Jack for a price)

 

 

(D) Likewise signed Pierre d'Avesn, master of French Art Deco design. 12 wide, 2 1/4 tall. Quail, 2 sanded chips on rim. (e-mail Jack for a price)

 

 

(H) Signed Verlys, with a chromed or silvered rim, 11 3/4 wide, 3 high. (e-mail Jack for a price)

 

 

(I) Brilliant artwork, more compelling opalescence; signed Verlys, 12 1/4 wide, 2 5/16 high.

Our VERYLS fishies have wiggled away!! SOLD!!

 

 

(J) Cuter than cute itself, a little festival of sea life; unsigned (but by Verlys, according to Etienne, my darling advisor in France). It's about 11 wide, 2 1/4 tall... (e-mail Jack for a price)

 

 

(M) ...for Mmmm... What a fetching dessert/ice cream set -- if only the fiery opalescence doesn't melt the Cherry Garcia! Signed "Arrers." Five of the small bowls have at least one (small) chip... next time, Pierre, tell the kids "No spoon-banging!" The large bowl is 9 1/2 inches wide, the smaller ones 4 1/2. (e-mail Jack for a price)

 

 

(N) This high-style Art Deco spell-binder measures about a foot across and stands three inches high. Silver-plated, doubtless French, unmarked (as in "maker"). Quality of... Cristofle, n'est-ce pas? (e-mail Jack for a price)

 

(O) Nineteen inches wide, this signed Degue bowl, like so many French objects, champions the world of the natural. The bowl, with its subtle, delicate oranges and yellows and violets, evokes a sunrise in the French countryside. (e-mail Jack for a price)

 

(P) Oh, let's be cute and slip a German bowl into the midst of the French wonders! This one's a fabulous Modernist example, by WMF, naturally! It's about 10 inches across and stands about 2 inches high. A tour de force, n'est-ce pas? I felt compelled to re-chrome it and clean up the ball feet, so it's pretty close to "perfect." I did this just so the pundits could say, a hundred years from now, "Had it not been rechromed by that idiot Beeler, we'd have a superb original example of one of WMF's finest Modernist expressions!" (e-mail Jack for a price)

 

(Q) Pierre d'Avesn's breathtaking Phoenix bird charger, 15 inches across of the purest beauty, in superb condition!! (e-mail Jack for a price)

 

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