POSSIBLY BY CHARLES DURON, MID 19TH CENTURY

Details

A French enamelled gold-mounted hardstone cup
Possibly by Charles Duron, mid 19th century
The cup with baluster stem on circular foot of gold, pierced and enamelled with flowers and foliage of translucent reds and greens, the stem with enamelled gold mounts, the hardstone bowl with scrolling foliage, the upscrolling handles similarly decorated
7½in. (19cm.) high

Literature

The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al Tajir Collection, London, 1989, no. 234, p. 268, illustrated p. 269

Exhibited

London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 234

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Lot Essay

Charles Duron, the distinguished French goldsmith, exhibited gold-mounted hardstones in the Renaissanec taste at the International Exhibition in London in 1862 and Paris 1867, to considerable acclaim. A vase decorated in a similar style to this cup is in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin and another is illustrated by Howard Ricketts, Objects of Vertu, London, 1989, p. 88.

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