GEORGES BASTARD (1881-1939) Feuilles lancéolées et cailloutis de graines, very slight variation presented at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1912 A rare and precious circular pillbox. The base and lid in finely carved mother-of-pearl. The domed lid is decorated in bas-relief with ribbed leaves and a caviar of seeds. The base is engraved with lanceolate leaves and a pebble of seeds. Circa 1910-1920. Signed G. BASTARD under the base. Height: 1.7 cm - Diameter: 4.2 cm Provenance : Family of important textile industrialists from Northern France. Acquired directly from the artist, then passed on to the original owners. Bibliography : - Art et Décoration - April 1920. A slight variation reproduced on page 122. - Alastair Duncan - The Paris Salons 1895-1914- Volume V: Objets d'art & Metalware- Édition Antique Collectors' Club, 1998. A proof of our vase-sculpture model reproduced on page 367. A slight variation presented at the 1912 Salon de la Société de Artistes Décorateurs, reproduced on page 66.