A MATCHED PAIR OF VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID PAPIER MÂCHÉ EBONIZED SETTEES

Lot 269
19.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 20 000
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Event locationUSA, New York
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Lot 269 | A MATCHED PAIR OF VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID PAPIER MÂCHÉ EBONIZED SETTEES
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$ 20 000 – 40 000
A MATCHED PAIR OF VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID PAPIER MÂCHÉ EBONIZED SETTEES

BY JENNENS AND BETTRIDGE, BIRMINGHAM AND LONDON, CIRCA 1848

The shaped serpentine backs and sides decorated with a profusion of foliate scrollwork and flowers, one with a pair of hawks with hoods centering the back, the other with a cockatoo centering the back, slip seats and slight variations to the dimensions overall, each with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

32 ½ in. (82.6 cm.) high, 64 in. (162.6 cm.) wide, 30 in. (76.2 cm.) deep





Provenance

Probably supplied to Queen Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904) in 1848.

By repute, the Collection of the Spanish Royal Family.

Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 13 November 1996, lot 228.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.



Literature

Y. Jones, Japanned Papier Mâché and Tinware, c. 1740-1940, Woodbridge, 2012, p. 150, pl. 141.
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