ID 1134523
Lot 16 | A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED IMPERIAL PORPHYRY CACHE-POT
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
19TH CENTURY
Of cylindrical form, the gadrooned rim above foliate mask handles, on a circular socle and square base, the base stamped with probably spurious château de Saint-Cloud inventory mark 'St C 20'
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high; 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Hon. Mrs. Reginald (Daisy) Fellowes, Paris; thence by descent to her daughter, Comtesse de Castéja (1911-1986).
Purchased from Galerie Perrin, Paris, January 1994.
Literature
P. Arizzoli-Clémentel, Georges Geffroy, 1905-1971, Une légende du grand décor français, Paris, 2016, p. 76 (illustrated in Mrs Fellowes' entrance hall on Rue de Lille, Paris).
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Address of auction |
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