CIRCA 1760

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A RARE LARGE FAMILLE ROSE DATED SHIPPING PUNCHBOWL FOR THE ENGLISH MARKET
Circa 1760
Decorated on the exterior with a finely-drawn ship on the front and repeated on the reverse primarily en grisaille, with details in iron-red and gilt, bearing two British flags in the famille rose palette and iron-red pennants at the top, these ships alternate with another decorated en grisaille with details picked out in gilt showing the vessels being destroyed by cannon-fire, the foot of the bowl inscribed twice A Representation of the Engagement between His Majesty's Ship the Monmouth, Capt Gardiner; & the Feudreyant [sic] a Frenche Man of War en y 28th of Feb 1758, the centre of the interior with a spray of orchid and daisy and a band of gilt spearheads at the rim, cracks restored
15 5/8 in. (39.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Rafi Y. Mottahedeh; Sotheby's, New York, 30 January 1985, lot 133 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-121).

Literature

D. Howard and J. Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, vol.I, pp.222 and 223, no.220.
F. and N. Hervouët and Y. Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p.48, fig.2.36.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This design is taken from an engraving by P. C. Canot, published 14 February 1759, which was after a drawing by R. Paton. The battle took place at night in the Mediterranean, when Admiral Henry Osborne, in charge of the British Fleet, detached three ships from his fleet and instructed them to pursue four enemy vessels. Du Quesne, captain of the French ship The Foudroyant was defeated and his ship was commandeered into the British Navy, becoming one of their finest ships; at one time Nelson became her captain.

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