Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
A RARE CHELSEA PORCELAIN GILT-METAL MOUNTED BONBONNIERE AND ENAMEL COVER CIRCA 1755
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October 23, 06:38 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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A RARE CHELSEA PORCELAIN GILT-METAL MOUNTED BONBONNIERE AND ENAMEL COVER CIRCA 1755
modeled with a water barrel and a hand scythe resting in a white and gold oval basket amongst wheat sheaves and scattered forget-me-nots beneath a ribbon inscribed TRESORT DE LA ..., the enamel cover painted on the exterior and interior with flower sprays and sprigs.
Height 1¼ in.; 3.1 cm
Width 2½ in.; 6.4 cm
The Collection of Otto and Magdalena Blohm, Sotheby's London, July 4, 1960, lot 35
The Collections of Hanns and Elisabeth Weinberg and the Antique Company of New York, Sotheby's New York, November 10-11, 2006, lot 137
Harrison, Ars Ceramica, 2019, no. 31, p. 123, fig. 8
Possibly symbolizing Agriculture, there does not appear to be another box recorded of this type, but there are at least two other boxes representing either one of the Arts or Sciences known. Hackenbroch, 1957, pl. 68, fig. 221, illustrates a box molded with musical instruments and scores, and a box representative of Geography from the collection of Otto and Magdalena Blohm illustrated in Bryant, 1925, pl. 49, no. 2, was subsequently sold at Sotheby's, London, July 4, 1960, lot 36.