Cup with bat, Henri Husson (French, 1852-1914), dinandier and Goldsmith, Maison A.A Hébrard (about 1895-1937), founder and Goldsmith, Paris, about 1909.

Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.

The bat motif, an extremely unusual and highly evocative image for the period. The bat has the highest rate of homosexuality among mammals and their sexuality was first studied in 1895 by Raymond Rollinat and Édouard Louis Trouessart (French). The image of a bat became a symbol of homosexuality. (x)