.jpg?w=1)
PERHAPS PONT-AUX-CHOUX, CIRCA 1755
Details
TWO PEWTER-MOUNTED FRENCH FAIENCE PEAR-SHAPED JUGS AND COVERS
PERHAPS PONT-AUX-CHOUX, CIRCA 1755
Each of baluster form with pewter-hinged cover, one with scroll handle and bearded mask spout, the cover fluted as a shell, the body similarly fluted above a wide band of gadroons; the other with flat cover moulded with a flower spray centering radiating gardoons within a wreath of flowering branches, the body with similar branches above a band of gadroons
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) and 9 in. (22.8 cm.) high (2)
PERHAPS PONT-AUX-CHOUX, CIRCA 1755
Each of baluster form with pewter-hinged cover, one with scroll handle and bearded mask spout, the cover fluted as a shell, the body similarly fluted above a wide band of gadroons; the other with flat cover moulded with a flower spray centering radiating gardoons within a wreath of flowering branches, the body with similar branches above a band of gadroons
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) and 9 in. (22.8 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
The Estate of Ella Morris de Peyster; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 19 June 1958, lot 108, part ($150) (the gadrooned example).
Special notice
Christie's is selling all lots in this sale as agent for an organization which holds a State of New York Exempt Organization certificate. Seller explicitly reserves all trademark and trade name rights and rights of privacy and publicity in the name and image of Doris Duke. No buyer of any property in this sale will acquire any right to use the Doris Duke name or image. Seller further explicitly reserves all copyright rights in designs or other copyrightable works included in the property offered for sale. No buyer of any property in the sale will acquire the rights to reproduce, distribute copies of, or prepare derivative works of such designs or copyrightable works.