Lot 715
715
AN EARLY VICTORIAN CHINOISERIE DECORATED MASON'S IRONSTONE CHIMNEYPIECE, polychrome and gilt-decorated overall on a blue ground, with shaped inset panels of flower and pavillion landscapes, the serpentine shelf of three sections, above a shaped serpentine frieze centred by a 'paper scroll' escutcheon painted with figures in a pavillion landscape, the chamfered jambs headed by stylised dog-of-fo masks above a band of Greek key, with Greek key plinth bases

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN CHINOISERIE DECORATED MASON'S IRONSTONE CHIMNEYPIECE, polychrome and gilt-decorated overall on a blue ground, with shaped inset panels of flower and pavillion landscapes, the serpentine shelf of three sections, above a shaped serpentine frieze centred by a 'paper scroll' escutcheon painted with figures in a pavillion landscape, the chamfered jambs headed by stylised dog-of-fo masks above a band of Greek key, with Greek key plinth bases
62¾in. (159.5cm.) wide; 48¾in. (124cm.) high; 11¼in. (28.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Miles Mason patented his Ironstone China, a type of earthenware, in 1813. From circa 1820 until at least the middle of the century, he produced chimneypieces in a variety of fashionable styles. An example of this chinoiserie model is illustrated A. Kelly, The Book of English Fireplaces, London, 1968, pp. 77, fig. 90. Another was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 9th July 1992, lot 8 and Sotheby's London, 17th March 1989, lot 36

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