Manufacture Nationale de SÈVRES - Lot 28

Manufacture Nationale de SÈVRES Emile-Louis BRACQUEMOND (1889 - 1970), executed by, Octave Denis Victor GUILLONNET (1872 - 1967), decorated by, Alexandre SANDIER, designed by, Paris 1924 Olympic Games Exceptional polychrome enameled porcelain vase decorated with four green medallions featuring rugby players, soccer players, a swimmer and an oarsman, on a gold laurel leaf background. Signed "O.D.V. Guillonnet Inv.", "Bracquemond Sc.", date stamp "S 1924 DN" and "RF Décoré à Sèvres". Height: 33 cm Note: Several models of this vase with different athlete decorations were offered to medalists at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games by the city of Paris. Bibliography: -Les Echos des industries d'Art", no. 1 April 1925, similar model with different decoration reproduced on page 23. -Edgar Pelichet, "La céramique Art-Déco", La bibliothèque des arts, Geneva, 1988, similar model reproduced fig. 31. -Jean-Paul Midant, "Sèvres, la Manufacture au XXe siècle", Michel Aveline éditeur, Paris, 1992, similar model with different decoration reproduced on page 81. -Porzellan - Kunst und Design, 1889-1939, Bröhan Museum, Berlin, 1996, p. 377. - Exp. "Sèvres, élégance du XXe siècle", The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, 1993 (Japan), catalog no. 2O, reproduced on page 76.