A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS PORCELAIN EWERS - photo 1
A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS PORCELAIN EWERS - photo 2
A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS PORCELAIN EWERS - photo 3
A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS PORCELAIN EWERS - photo 4
A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS PORCELAIN EWERS - photo 5

A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS PORCELAIN EWERS

Lot 384
13.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
Classic
Sold
$ 9 450
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 1027727
Lot 384 | A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS PORCELAIN EWERS
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS PORCELAIN EWERS

CIRCA 1820

The pink porcelain body of ovoid form mounted with floral swags, the handles surmounted by putti playing music emerging from acanthus leaves, the spout terminating in a zoomorphic mask, on a beaded spirally-fluted socle on a leaftip-cast square base, each base numbered '44' and with fleur-de-lys over an 'L'

19 in. (48 cm.) high, 8 in. (20 cm.) diameter





Provenance

Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905), in the Salon Vert, hôtel Saint-Florentin, Paris.

Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg following the Nazi occupation of France in May 1940 (ERR no. R 4482 a & b).

Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section from the Altaussee salt mines, Austria, and transferred to the Munich Central Collecting Point, 27 June 1945 (MCCP no. 1226).

Returned to France on 2 March 1946 and restituted to the Rothschild family.

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

The Rothschild Archive, London, Inventaire après le décès de Monsieur le Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, A. Cottin Notaire, 16 October 1905 (hôtel Saint-Florentin, Salon Vert (‘Deux grandes buires, porcelaine rose, montée bronze doré- amours sur les anses bronze, estimées cinq cent francs’).
Applied technique:Ormolu, Pottery
Medium:Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain
Historical era:Bourbon Restoration in France
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Category:Bowls
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Vases and vessels
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
20 Rockefeller Plaza
10020 New York
USA
Preview
07.10.2023 10:00 – 17:00
08.10.2023 13:00 – 17:00
09.10.2023 10:00 – 17:00
10.10.2023 10:00 – 17:00
11.10.2023 10:00 – 17:00
Phone +1 212 636 2000
Fax +1 212 636 4930
Email
4FQ.AYGKAGLUQ@FO3G@
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase
Shipping Postal service
Courier service
pickup by yourself
Payment methods Wire Transfer
Business hoursBusiness hours
Mo 09:30 – 17:00   
Tu 09:30 – 17:00   
We 09:30 – 17:00   
Th 09:30 – 17:00   
Fr 09:30 – 17:00   
Sa closed
Su closed

Related terms

Frequently asked questions

First of all, you should register to be able to purchase at auction. After confirming your email address, enter your personal information in your user profile, such as your first name, last name, and mail address. Choose a lot from the upcoming auction and the maximum amount you want to place on it. After confirmation of your choice, we will send your application by e-mail to the appropriate auction house. If the auction house accepts a request, it will participate in the auction. You can view the current status of a bid at any time in your personal account in the "Bids" section.
Auctions are performed by auction houses and each of the auction houses describes their terms of auction. You can see the texts in the section "Auction information".
The results of the auction are published within a few days after the end of the auction. In the top menu of the site, find the tab "Auctions". Click on it and you will be on the auction catalog page, where you can easily find the category "Results". After opening it, select the desired auction from the list, enter and view the current status of the interested lot.
The information about the auction winners is confidential. The auction winner will receive a direct notification from the auction house responsible with instructions for further action: an invoice for payment and the manner in which the goods will be received.
Each of the auction houses has its own payment policy for the won lots. All auction houses accept bank transfers, most of them accept credit card payments. In the near future you will find detailed information for each case in the section "Auction information" on the page of the auction catalog and the lot.
Shipment of the won lot depends on its size. Small items can be delivered by post. Larger lots are sent by courier. Employees of the auction houses will offer you a wide range to choose from.
No. The archive serves as a reference for the study of auction prices, photographs and descriptions of works of art.
?>