AN ORMOLU ENCRIER with two wells contained in a gabled niched summerhouse with hinged roof enclosing a sander and inkwell and framing a French turquoise-glazed porcelain model of a Vincennes pug with a puppy, on waved scrolled base cast with rockwork, the pug circa 1750 with later blue interlaced L's and later blue glaze, mid-19th Century

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AN ORMOLU ENCRIER with two wells contained in a gabled niched summerhouse with hinged roof enclosing a sander and inkwell and framing a French turquoise-glazed porcelain model of a Vincennes pug with a puppy, on waved scrolled base cast with rockwork, the pug circa 1750 with later blue interlaced L's and later blue glaze, mid-19th Century
7in. (17.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

A pair of similar pugs, directly inspired by the earlier Meissen models, was exhibited Porcelaines de Vincennes, Grand Palais, Paris, 14 October 1977 - 16 January 1978, Nos. 463-464.

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