JEAN AUGUSTE DAMPT (1883-1946) - Receive artist alerts » - More items from this artist »

Signed verso: ‘J.DAMPT’ The pin stamped with French assay mark & ‘CR’ for Charles Rivaud, maker

1.90cm wide    7.60cm high    (0.75 inches wide  2.99 inches high)

Gold, enamel & emerald
Fitted case
Literature: cf. Bijouterie Francais au XIX Siecle, Henri Vever, Volume 3, Paris 1908, page 1048, 1055, 1276.
Art Nouveau, The French Aesthetic,
Victor Arwas, 2002, page 28, 107, 231, 319, 375, 610.
Dampt sculpted busts, plaster & ivory, including the statue of the composer Bizet in the foyer of the Opera-Comique in Paris.
As a member of the Groupe des Cinq he designed several pieces of carved wood furniture. He created the sensual statue of the Knight Raymondin in full armour embracing the diaphanously clad ivory body of his beloved.
His awards included a Gold Medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle & he was made
Chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur in 1889,