Andre Royer French Arts and Crafts Era "Coupe Moderne" Watercolor Rendering timer with its graphic black cut-out

with its graphic black cut-out appearance

or just purring

I have no idea the story with this guy

with even the smoke of the chimneys blowing like trails behind them

Maine on the underside of the base

Andre Royer French Arts and Crafts Era "Coupe Moderne" Watercolor Rendering timer with its graphic black cut-outThis 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,