JEAN AUGUSTE DAMPT 1883-1946 (Sculptor)
Art Nouveau Stick Pin
French. Circa 1898
Gold, enamel & emerald
Signed verso: ‘J.DAMPT’
The pin stamped with French assay mark &

‘CR’ for Charles Rivaud, maker
Length: 7.6cm  Width: 1.9cm
Fitted case

Literature: cf. Henri Vever,
French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century,
translated by Katherine Purcell, 2001,
page 1048 brooch version illustrated.
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,

Officer in 1900 & Commandeur in 1926’