Bidspirit auction | Art Deco bottle vase, Sèvres,

Art Deco bottle vase, Sèvres, design and painting by Marthe Vesque (1879-1949) & Juliette Vesque (1881-1962), circa 1922 - Art Deco bottle vase, Sèvres, design and painting by Marthe Vesque (1879-1949) & Juliette Vesque (1881-1962), circa 1922 porcelain, polychrome and gold painted, on a round base, ovoid body transitioning into a conical neck, on the body four finely painted kangaroos, bordered above by abstracted tendrils of leaves and berries as well as birds, below by a continuous frieze of dentils, above rods, and pearls, on the base a green manufacturer's mark dated 1908, a red painter's mark dated 1922, incised number ”JEo77” and painter's signature. ”M.J. Vesque”, H approx. 21.5 cm, minor signs of age, one bird with glaze damage, two small scratches on the reverse Cf.: Jean Paul Midant, Sèvres, La Manufacture au XXème Siècle”, Michel Avaline 1992, pp. 253/254 (marks); https://pop.culture.gouv.fr, Collections des musées de France, Inventory Nos. E.1911.648 and E.1911.649 (form) The sisters Marthe and Juliette Vesque worked for 24 years as painters and designers for Sèvres, whose archives list well over 250 of their designs