Lot Essay
See G.E. Bryant, The Chelsea Porcelain Toys (London, 1925), pl. 8, fig. 3, and the example sold in these Rooms on 1st October 1984, lot 201.
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CIRCA 1755, CHARLES GOUYN'S FACTORY, ST. JAMES'S
Details
A 'GIRL-IN-A-SWING' GOLD-MOUNTED DOUBLE-SCENT-BOTTLE AND STOPPERS
CIRCA 1755, CHARLES GOUYN'S FACTORY, ST. JAMES'S
Modelled as a sleeping girl with a seated mastiff by her side, wearing a flowered dress, seated on rockwork before a leafy tree-trunk with a single pink rose, on a mound base painted with scattered sprays, a flower-spray to the underside, one stopper formed as a resting butterfly, the other as the mastiff's head (minor chipping to one leaf, very minor wear to mastiff's muzzel)
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
CIRCA 1755, CHARLES GOUYN'S FACTORY, ST. JAMES'S
Modelled as a sleeping girl with a seated mastiff by her side, wearing a flowered dress, seated on rockwork before a leafy tree-trunk with a single pink rose, on a mound base painted with scattered sprays, a flower-spray to the underside, one stopper formed as a resting butterfly, the other as the mastiff's head (minor chipping to one leaf, very minor wear to mastiff's muzzel)
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Otto and Magdalena Blohm Collection, sale Sotheby's London, 9th October 1961, lot 525 (£400 to Chester)
Beatrice Blohm von Rumohr Collection.
Beatrice Blohm von Rumohr Collection.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.