Lot Essay
Although the cup, cover and stand all bear differing decoration, it is possible that this was intentional and that the combination of varying porphyry-grounds was intended to produce a 'harlequin' effect.
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CIRCA 1815, BLUE SCRIPT MARKS
Details
A Paris (Dihl) cup, a cover and a stand
Circa 1815, blue script marks
The cup of flared form, the domed cover with gilt ball finial and the stand of shallow concave form, each piece decorated with a varying porphyry-ground, the cup with green and blue, the cover green and brown, and the stand in mottled green, each piece gilt with elaborate slightly varying borders of stylised foliage fronds, anthemion, and ivy garlands (cup and stand with areas of restoration, cover finial restuck)
The stand 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) diam. (3)
Circa 1815, blue script marks
The cup of flared form, the domed cover with gilt ball finial and the stand of shallow concave form, each piece decorated with a varying porphyry-ground, the cup with green and blue, the cover green and brown, and the stand in mottled green, each piece gilt with elaborate slightly varying borders of stylised foliage fronds, anthemion, and ivy garlands (cup and stand with areas of restoration, cover finial restuck)
The stand 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) diam. (3)
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