Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
TWO CHELSEA PORCELAIN SCENT BOTTLES AND STOPPERS CIRCA 1755
Auction Closed
October 23, 06:38 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
TWO CHELSEA PORCELAIN SCENT BOTTLES AND STOPPERS CIRCA 1755
the first, painted on one side of the flattened pear-shaped body with a lady seated in a garden with her parrot and blackamoor attendant and on the other with Pierrot standing behind Columbine seated in a garden, a cupid seated above the inscription PÖEME DE L'AMOUR forming the stopper, mounted in gold; and the second molded with gilt foliate scrollwork forming panels painted with flower sprays or sprigs beneath the bird-form stopper, mounted in gold. Together with a leaf-form scent bottle, 19th Century, picked out in blue and gilding, the stopper formed as a butterfly. 3 pieces.
Height of tallest 4½ in.
11.3 cm
The Collections of Hanns and Elisabeth Weinberg and the Antique Company of New York, Sotheby's New York, November 10-11, 2006, lot 8