Donnola Taxidermied weasel (Mustela nivalis). 24x45x20 cm approx.

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Donnola

Taxidermied weasel (Mustela nivalis). 24x45x20 cm approx.

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Estim. 800 - 1 200 EUR

Mathurin MEHEUT (Lamballe, 1882 - Paris, 1958) - Painter for the Navy in 1921. The crow and the fox - The cat, the weasel and the little rabbit. Monochrome watercolor on paper, recto/verso. Preparatory work for a plate decoration, unsigned. Height: 27.5 cm. Width : 30.7 cm. Provenance: private collection, Lamballe. This plate decoration based on La Fontaine's Fables for Faïencerie Henriot seems to have remained a project, or at least never produced in series. "Méheut proposed many other motifs, [...] fables by La Fontaine (for a series of small blue monochrome plates)" (in D. Delouche, A De Stoop and P. Le Tiec, Mathurin Méheut, Le Chasse-Marée/Ar Men, Douarnenez, 2001, p. 140). Two earthenware examples were presented at auction: "Le renard et les raisins" (The fox and the grapes) and "La grenouille qui voulait se faire aussi grosse que le boeuf" (The frog that wanted to be as big as the ox).

Estim. 300 - 450 EUR

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Benjamin RABIER (1864-1939) Suite of 12 silver-plated knife-holders representing the fables of La Fontaine. - The Cicada and the Ant, - The Raven and the Fox, - La Grenouille qui veut se faire aussi grosse que le Bœuf, - The Wolf and the Dog, - Le Loup et l'Agneau, - The Fox and the Stork, - Le Loup et la Cigogne, - Le Rat qui s'est retiré du monde, - Le chat, la Belette et le petit Lapin. Signed on the base. In original box. Length : 8,5 cm Patina wear

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