Andre Royer French Arts and Crafts Era "Coupe Moderne" Watercolor Rendering whetstone with black hair and bowtie

with black hair and bowtie

When I found him

particularly on one side

have something of a menagerie of little animals

1930s-40s or so I might guess and perhaps cut down from a larger piece

Andre Royer French Arts and Crafts Era "Coupe Moderne" Watercolor Rendering whetstone with black hair and bowtieThis watercolor shows some damage along the top edge, as detailed, but I found it too striking and beautifully done to leave behind (and a matte over top could frame this super stylish "coupe moderne" a bit more tightly, cutting in from the edge of the paper about the same distance above and below.) What we know from Royer's beautifully hand lettered annotation at lower left is that the metal on the cocktail glass rendered is silver, the ball jade,