A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU ENCRIER

Lot 3
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ID 992789
Lot 3 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU ENCRIER
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU ENCRIER

ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE GOUTHIERE, CIRCA 1775

Of rounded rectangular shape, the top with three lidded ink wells and a sander, a flaming cassolette around a pen tray, and a secret hinged lidded compartment with the coat-of-arms of the House of Savoy, supported by eagles, the base with lozenge decoration, the covers to the rear wells later

7in. (17.8cm.) high, 113/4in. (29.9cm.) wide, 81/4in. (21cm.) deep





Provenance

Almost certainly commissioned for either Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia and Savoy (1773-1798) or his son Charles Emannuel, later King of Sardinia and Savoy (1751-1819).

Recorded in the posthumous inventory of Prince Charles Juste de Beauvau (1793-1863) in 1864;

sold at his posthumous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 April 1865, lot 22 (5,800 FFr.).

Collection of Baroness Alphonse de Rothschild, New York, circa 1966.

The Collection of the Late Andre Meyer; Christie's, New York, 26 October 2001, lot 10.



Literature

Comparative Literature:

P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIeme Siecle, Paris, 1987, p. 138.

C. Vignon et C. Baulez, Pierre Gouthière, The Frick Collection, New York, 2016.



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