A three-piece gilt-bronze mounted Paris porcelain garniture, mid-19th century
Lot Closed
August 11, 02:10 PM GTNN
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A three-piece gilt-bronze mounted Paris porcelain garniture, mid-19th century
formed as three circular baskets, pierced with a trellis pattern, painted with vignettes of exotic birds, the ground with green, pink and blue sections, the lower part moulded with a band of acanthus above a beaded collar and gadrooned spreading foot, above a plain band of berried wreaths, supported by a canted square foot below further wreaths, the interior with a rosette
the central basket: 27.5cm. high, 27.8cm. wide, the flanking baskets: 24.9cm. high, 25.2cm. wide
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By repute the collects
ion of Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) at Halton House, Buckinghamshire,
thence by descent to Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882-1942),
thence by descent to Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (1916-2009), Exbury House, Hampshire.
thence by descent to Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882-1942),
thence by descent to Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (1916-2009), Exbury House, Hampshire.
