Lot Essay
Cf. Elizabeth Adams, Chelsea Porcelain (1987), p. 48, pl. 36.
CIRCA 1750, ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES GOUYN'S FACTORY, ST. JAMES'S
Details
A 'Girl-in-a-Swing' white candlestick-group of Ganymede and the Eagle
Circa 1750, attributed to Charles Gouyn's Factory, St. James's
The youthful shepherd wearing a short feathered chiton and with drapery falling from the shoulder of his cuirass, seated between the outstretched wings of the eagle, his left arm round the eagle's neck and with its head turned towards him, a curved branch applied with foliage issuing from the back supporting a foliate-moulded nozzle, on a shaped rockwork base (minor chipping to rim of nozzle, parts of some leaves lacking)
7½in. (19cm.) high
Circa 1750, attributed to Charles Gouyn's Factory, St. James's
The youthful shepherd wearing a short feathered chiton and with drapery falling from the shoulder of his cuirass, seated between the outstretched wings of the eagle, his left arm round the eagle's neck and with its head turned towards him, a curved branch applied with foliage issuing from the back supporting a foliate-moulded nozzle, on a shaped rockwork base (minor chipping to rim of nozzle, parts of some leaves lacking)
7½in. (19cm.) high
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. T.D. Barclay.
Literature
E.C.C. Exhibition, Catalogue, 1948, pl. 54, no. 253.
E.C.C. Exhibition, Catalogue, 1977, no. 209.
Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables, A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain 1745-69, p. 25, no. 3.
E.C.C. Exhibition, Catalogue, 1977, no. 209.
Margaret Legge, Flowers and Fables, A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain 1745-69, p. 25, no. 3.
Exhibited
English Ceramic Circle Exhibition, 1948.
English Ceramic Circle Exhibition, 1977.
Flowers and Fables, A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain 1745-69 (November 1984 - February 1985), no. 197.
English Ceramic Circle Exhibition, 1977.
Flowers and Fables, A Survey of Chelsea Porcelain 1745-69 (November 1984 - February 1985), no. 197.