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A REGENCY SILVER-GILT MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN CREAM-JUG

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07.07.2023 11:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 49 | A REGENCY SILVER-GILT MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN CREAM-JUG
A REGENCY SILVER-GILT MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN CREAM-JUG

THE SILVER MOUNTS WITH MARK OF JAMES ALDRIDGE, LONDON, 1816, THE PORCELAIN JUG, DRESDEN, CIRCA 1740-1745

The turquoise glazed porcelain baluster-shaped body painted with figures in classical landscapes within gilt bordered quatrefoil reserves, on a silver gilt polyfoil spreading foot, each scroll-bordered lobe chased with three overlapping scallop shells, the lip mount and spout with foliate and shell ornament in similar high relief, the upper handle junction applied with the Hamilton cinquefoil and the Beckford Latimer cross, with leaf capped beaded scroll handle, marked on foot mount, the neck mount unmarked

7 in. (17.8 cm.) high

gross weight 14 oz. (437 gr.)





Provenance

William Beckford (1760-1844), of Fonthill Abbey, later Lansdown Tower, Bath.

The Late Sir Michael Sobell; Sotheby's, London, 9 June 1994, lot 244.



Literature

D. E. Ostergard, ed., William Beckford 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2001, pp. 379-380, no. 111.



Exhibited

New York, Bard Graduate Centre, William Beckford 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent, 2001-2002, then London, Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2002, no. 111.
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