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Title: French Art Deco enamelled glass - Mazoyer or A Lazoyer?
Post by: flying free on August 19, 2012, 01:45:56 PM
The name Mazoyer has crept onto the board a couple of time and I've always assumed the few pieces I've seen were signed Mazoyer from what I could see.  However I've just seen  a piece apparently signed by an 'Albert Lazoyer' and having seen the signature it does read as A Lazoyer, and could easily be mistaken for Mazoyer instead.  Is it really supposed to be A Lazoyer which stands for apparently Albert Lazoyer.
m
Title: Re: French Art Deco enamelled glass - Mazoyer or A Lazoyer?
Post by: Ivo on August 19, 2012, 01:57:32 PM
Mazoyer is really Mazoyer. 
Title: Re: French Art Deco enamelled glass - Mazoyer or A Lazoyer?
Post by: flying free on August 19, 2012, 02:00:10 PM
ok thanks.
I'll go find the piece to show the pic for future ref
m
Title: Re: French Art Deco enamelled glass - Mazoyer or A Lazoyer?
Post by: flying free on August 19, 2012, 02:01:04 PM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item27ca1fac28&item=170894797864&nma=true&pt=UK_Art_Glass&rt=nc&si=wEgqbAeuAzapYpuIQHrHmTwy1uI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
link here

Was he Albert? Mazoyer please?
thanks
Title: Re: French Art Deco enamelled glass - Mazoyer or A Lazoyer?
Post by: Ivo on August 19, 2012, 02:11:05 PM
Strange - google image gives 4 results for A. lazoyer and 10 pages for Mazoyer. According to Cappa, Mazoyer is an alias for an unknown yet talented decorator who worked mainly for the ceramics industry.
Title: Re: French Art Deco enamelled glass - Mazoyer or A Lazoyer?
Post by: flying free on August 19, 2012, 02:26:21 PM
yes, I found plenty that refer to him/her as H Lazoyer as well
example sig here again (see below link) - where I suppose it could be mistaken for H Lazoyer.  Christies refer to a vase they sold as signed H Lazoyer.
It seems that the sig could be construed as either Mazoyer or H Lazoyer or A Lazoyer hence my confusion.
(I just look at the pretty pictures in Cappa as my French is severely limited to sorting out our plumbing and electric problems with a dictionary and ordering dinner/drinks  ;D )
http://www.ebay.de/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=320904516842&nma=true&rt=nc&si=P7SoR3UlzLdhcV0Jw%252F9%252Bgf0ky6I%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
Title: Re: French Art Deco enamelled glass - Mazoyer or A Lazoyer?
Post by: Mike M on August 19, 2012, 02:45:24 PM
Glasmaken Lexicon, usually pretty reliable, has it as A Mazoyer
and says he was based in the city of Moulins regional capital of Allier central France, in a shop called 'Nouvelle Galerie' 1910-45 -possibly with a Paris shop too c1930.
And as moulins are windmills it would explain the windmills often on the signature

The Lexicon sites the main source for this as a ceramics book as they did ceramics too

cheers

M

Title: Re: French Art Deco enamelled glass - Mazoyer or A Lazoyer?
Post by: dirk. on August 19, 2012, 03:06:23 PM
I think he used the first capital for both his first name and surname; so it´s an ´A´ and
´M´ at the same time. When, like in this case, a small piece of the enamel is worn it can
 easily be misread as ´A L´.  ;)
Title: Re: French Art Deco enamelled glass - Mazoyer or A Lazoyer?
Post by: flying free on August 19, 2012, 04:01:26 PM
thanks all  :) so A Mazoyer it is.
m
Title: Re: French Art Deco enamelled glass - Mazoyer or A Lazoyer?
Post by: bart on September 28, 2012, 07:30:10 AM
It certainly is Mazoyer! I have been collecting Mazoyer for over 10 years now. If you send me an e-mail, I can provide you with some interesting information about this glass maker.
Title: Re: French Art Deco enamelled glass - Mazoyer or A Lazoyer?
Post by: flying free on September 28, 2012, 07:41:58 AM
Hi Bart and welcome to the GMB  :)
Thanks for responding on the thread.  I have sent you an email.
Regards
m
Title: Re: French Art Deco enamelled glass - Mazoyer or A Lazoyer?
Post by: johnphilip on September 28, 2012, 08:03:06 AM
There was a large one at Cambridge last weekend , i have had three with three different initials!!! having had a lot of time to study them i believe all by the same artist , none of them i sold made a fortune . Loads of watchers only a couple of bidders . jp
Title: Re: French Art Deco enamelled glass - Mazoyer or A Lazoyer?
Post by: flying free on September 28, 2012, 08:04:26 AM
I did see a large Mazoyer bowl a while ago but it was chipped. But I love his decoration and style.
m
Title: Re: French Art Deco enamelled glass - Mazoyer or A Lazoyer?
Post by: bart on September 28, 2012, 11:58:37 AM
Hi JohnPhilip,

I gather from your reply that you are a dealer. If you get hold of any Mazoyers in the future, please contact me. I have 15 now and I am still collecting.