A PAIR OF LARGE EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED PATINATED-BRONZE AND VERDE ANTICO URNS AND COVERS

Lot 55
02.07.2024 17:00UTC +00:00
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£ 80 000
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ID 1250856
Lot 55 | A PAIR OF LARGE EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED PATINATED-BRONZE AND VERDE ANTICO URNS AND COVERS
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
A PAIR OF LARGE EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED PATINATED-BRONZE AND VERDE ANTICO URNS AND COVERS
ST. PETERSBURG, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each domed cover surmounted by Jupiter's eagle clasping a winged thunderbolt perched on a sphere above anthemion alternating stiff leaves, above a pierced frieze of alternating bat wing motifs and paterae centred by stars on a blue enamel ground, above an everted lip mounted with quivers of thunderbolts alternating 'cloud' branches, the body with nymphs dancing amongst tripod braziers above a band with stars issuing anthemion, Apollo masks and men-in-the-moon, the ram's-mask handles surmounted by seated putti playing cymbals and triangles, the bowl mounted with Green man masks issuing berried oak leaves, on a fluted socle and square plinth mounted with a nymph and fawn playing instruments to one side and lozenges centred by Apollo masks to front and back
37 ¾ in. (96 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide; 12 in. (30 cm.) deep




Provenance

By repute, Emperor Napoleon I (d. 1821), by whom given to,
King Frederick I of Württemberg (1754-1816).
By repute, Baron Réne-Pierre de Boucheporn (d. 1931), château de Sully, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland.
Harry Rixson, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, where acquired on 28 October 1938, as part of a 'Set of 3 Very Fine Regency Vases' (along with a single campana vase).
The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.; sold Christie's, London, 18 September 2013, lot 100.



Literature

'Two RA's at home: Sir Albert Richardson at Ampthill, James Fitton at Dulwich', House and Garden, XIII, 1958, P. 78, illustrated in the drawing-room.
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