Lot 399
399
A Chinese Export ewer and cover for the Mexican market
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A Chinese Export ewer and cover for the Mexican market

CIRCA 1790

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A Chinese Export ewer and cover for the Mexican market
Circa 1790
Enamelled with a crowned medallion depicting a towered city gate flanked by angels and within a laurel wreath, dated A.17.DE.ENERO.DE.1790, inscribed A CIUDAD DE LOS ANGELES EN SU FELIZ PROCLAMACION, etc..., some chips
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Lot Essay

The design for the service is after one of at least six medals struck in Mexico by Geronimo Antonio Gil between 1789 and 1791, to commemorate the accession of King Charles IV to the throne of Spain. The inscription on this service refers to the proclamation of the accession in Los Angeles (a city in Mexico now known as Puebla) in 1790. The milk-jug from this service is in the Mottahedeh Collection, illustrated by where the authors state that examples from three of the six known services of this type are in the Mottahedeh Collection.

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