A RARE CHARLES IV PROCLAMATION CHILD'S COFFEE POT AND A COVER

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1790

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A RARE CHARLES IV PROCLAMATION CHILD'S COFFEE POT AND A COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1790
Of lighthouse form, finely enameled with a medallion showing Minerva seated by a bookshelf, a coat-of-arms leaning to her side and inscribed 'IN*OSLEM*INAUG*MEX*ACAD*EX*CUR*AN*1790'
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's New York, 23 January 2008, lot 195.

Lot Essay

Part of an interesting group of five services, apparently ordered on the occasion of King Charles IV's accession to the Spanish throne in 1788. The decoration here is after a medal struck as the prize for a literary contest at the Royal University of Mexico to celebrate the occasion.

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