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MARK OF JEAN-VALENTIN MOREL, PARIS, CIRCA 1855
Details
A French jewelled and enamelled gold-mounted hardstone tazza
Mark of Jean-Valentin Morel, Paris, circa 1855
The hardstone shell-shaped bowl on oval foot with enamelled floral border, surmounted by foliage, the stem modelled as figures of a satyr and a woman, finely enamelled in flesh tints, with loop handle designed as billowing drapery held by a female figure astride a dolphin, all brilliantly enamelled in colours and set with pearls, engraved MOREL & SÉVRES on foot-rim
8in. (20.4cm.) high
Mark of Jean-Valentin Morel, Paris, circa 1855
The hardstone shell-shaped bowl on oval foot with enamelled floral border, surmounted by foliage, the stem modelled as figures of a satyr and a woman, finely enamelled in flesh tints, with loop handle designed as billowing drapery held by a female figure astride a dolphin, all brilliantly enamelled in colours and set with pearls, engraved MOREL & SÉVRES on foot-rim
8in. (20.4cm.) high
Provenance
The Rt. Hon. the Lord Astor of Hever, Christie's London, 28 May 1963, lot 65
Literature
H. N. Wheatley and P. H. Delamotte, Art Work in Gold and Silver, London, 1882, p. vii, illustrated, frontispiece
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no. 221, p. 260, illustrated p. 261
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no. 221, p. 260, illustrated p. 261
Exhibited
London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al Tajir Collection, Christie's, 1989, no. 221
Special notice
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