Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
Mario Buatta: Prince of Interiors
A LONGTON HALL CAULIFLOWER TUREEN AND COVER, CIRCA 1755
Auction Closed
January 25, 03:59 AM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sold Without Reserve
A LONGTON HALL CAULIFLOWER TUREEN AND COVER, CIRCA 1755
naturalistically modeled standing on end and painted on the interior of the base with a puce flower sprig and a small leaf
height 5 ⅜ in.
13.7 cm
Alice H. Marks, New York
The Estate of Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc. New York, 17 May 1980, lot 8
A further example of this rare form was sold at Christie's London, 21-22 October, 2010, lot 70 and a further example was in the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon, 21-23 November, 2014, lot 468. Further examples are in the National Trust Collection, Mompesson House, Wiltshire, acc. no. NT 723386; and the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford