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An Art Nouveau Snail for MAD in Paris

Result EUR38,400
Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim
Auction on 25 June 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - 3, rue Favart - 75002 Paris

Good things are worth the wait. This quirky teapot adorned with a snail joins the collections of the Paris Museum of Decorative Arts (MAD).

Alphonse Debain (goldsmith in Paris from 1883 to 1911), cast vermeil teapot decorated... An Art Nouveau Snail for MAD in Paris

Alphonse Debain (goldsmith in Paris from 1883 to 1911), cast vermeil teapot decorated with grapevines, sheaves of wheat, vine branches and leaves, pumpkin-shaped body, snail-shaped spout, 1900, h. 19.1 cm/7.51 in, weight 1,363 gr./48.08 oz.
Result: €38,400

Cast in 1900, this rare, astonishing vermeil teapot was preempted by the Parisian decorative arts museum for its Art Nouveau department, which reopens…
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