Property from a Greenwich, CT Estate
A FAMILLE ROSE WINE COOLER

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A FAMILLE ROSE WINE COOLER
CIRCA 1775

Finely painted with scattered sprays of European flowers, the feathered rocaille moulding gilt-edged, an inner border of gilt bamboo entwined with famille rose flowering vines along the scalloped rim (some wear to gilt)--6½in. (16.5cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

See J.G. Phillips, China Trade Porcelain, p. 158 for a similar wine cooler together with the circa 1765 Marieberg faience prototype for this shape.