Lot Essay
In the last years before his death in 1730, Mathieu Coiny II was working for the King at Versailles and at Saint Germain en Laye.
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THE BEAKER CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, GILDER'S 4. MARK, THE STAND SLIGHTLY EARLIER, POINÇON OF COINY, VERSAILLES CITY AND PARIS CONTROL MARKS
Details
A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE BEAKER AND A SILVER-GILT TREMBLEUSE STAND
THE BEAKER CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, GILDER'S 4. MARK, THE STAND SLIGHTLY EARLIER, POINÇON OF COINY, VERSAILLES CITY AND PARIS CONTROL MARKS
The beaker painted in the manner of J.G. Höroldt with a continuous scene of Orientals on a terrace, the first grouping of figures with two men by a table, one holding an infant and a servant at their feet with a basket, the other with two figures by a cradle, another attending to a steaming vessel on a brazier, on an iron-red double line support above a band of moulded up-turned acanthus leaves enriched in gilding, the interior with a gilt border of interlocking scrolls and panels, gilt line rim (restored rim chips, slight wear to gilt rim, very small gilded footrim chip dating from time of manufacture) the lobed foliate stand and detachable pierced lobed gallery connected by a central lug
The beaker 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high; the stand 4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide (2)
THE BEAKER CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, GILDER'S 4. MARK, THE STAND SLIGHTLY EARLIER, POINÇON OF COINY, VERSAILLES CITY AND PARIS CONTROL MARKS
The beaker painted in the manner of J.G. Höroldt with a continuous scene of Orientals on a terrace, the first grouping of figures with two men by a table, one holding an infant and a servant at their feet with a basket, the other with two figures by a cradle, another attending to a steaming vessel on a brazier, on an iron-red double line support above a band of moulded up-turned acanthus leaves enriched in gilding, the interior with a gilt border of interlocking scrolls and panels, gilt line rim (restored rim chips, slight wear to gilt rim, very small gilded footrim chip dating from time of manufacture) the lobed foliate stand and detachable pierced lobed gallery connected by a central lug
The beaker 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high; the stand 4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's Geneva, 14th November 1988, lot 90.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.