Lot 172
172
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED RICHARD GINORI COBALT-BLUE GROUND CLOCK AND PEDESTAL
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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED RICHARD GINORI COBALT-BLUE GROUND CLOCK AND PEDESTAL

GREEN PRINTED UPPERCASE MARK AND A, CIRCA 1896

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED RICHARD GINORI COBALT-BLUE GROUND CLOCK AND PEDESTAL
GREEN PRINTED UPPERCASE MARK AND A, CIRCA 1896
Modelled after the Sèvres form 'Vase á Bâtons Rompus', with oak knop finial, the spiral gadrooned neck flanked by angular S-curved handles suspending oak garlands attached by rings at the shoulder, the bulbous body set with a white enamelled circular dial, headed by a trophy, the back with a Classical mask within a sunburst, above a waisted fluted socle and shaped foot, the column moulded with four scantily clad nymphs at the capitol and base, the upper mid-section moulded and gilt with tassels above further spiral gadrooning edged by rosettes, the lower section with vertical panels of flowers, on a giltwood stand carved with scrolling acanthus leaves
74 in. (188 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

See Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London 1988, Vol. I, pp. 245-253 for a detailed discussion on this vase form thought to have been designed in the mid-18th century by either Etienne-Maurice Falconet or Claude Duplessis père. For similar examples to the present lot compare, anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 31 March 2000, lot 162; and an anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 1 November 2001, lot 120. Also see Arnold Mondadori ed., La Manifattura Richard-Ginori di Doccia, Milano, 1988, fig. 80 for a similarly moulded nymph as the handle of a bowl.

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