Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
A ST. JAMES'S (CHARLES GOUYN) PORCELAIN GOLD-MOUNTED BONBONNIERE AND AGATE COVER CIRCA 1749-59
Auction Closed
October 23, 06:38 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A ST. JAMES'S (CHARLES GOUYN) PORCELAIN GOLD-MOUNTED BONBONNIERE AND AGATE COVER CIRCA 1749-59
modeled as two putti lying with a recumbent black and white goat on a grassy mound base, the edge and interior painted with rose sprigs, the agate-mounted hinged cover edged in enamel inscribed in gilding 'CHACUN A SON', 'GOUT BON OU MAUVAIS'.
Height 1⅝ in.; 4cm
Width 1¾ in.; 4.5 cm
Sotheby's London, December 14, 1972, lot 135
The Antique Porcelain Company, New York
The Collection of Fritz Katz, sold, Sotheby Parke-Bernet Inc., New York, March 8, 1979, lot 16
The Stradling's, New York, January 10, 1980
The Collection of Margaret Davison Block, sold, Sotheby's New York, April 15, 1996, lot 101