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PROPERTY FROM THE VALENTINE COLLECTION
A SILVER-MOUNTED CHANTILLY EWER
CIRCA 1755, IRON-RED HUNTING-HORN MARK, THE SILVER MOUNT CIRCA 1890
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A SILVER-MOUNTED CHANTILLY EWER
Circa 1755, iron-red hunting-horn mark, the silver mount circa 1890
Of baluster form, moulded with leaves scrolling around the body, painted in colors below the spout with a bacchante and putti musicians in a landscape reserved within a moulded trefoil cartouche enriched in carmine, the foot with carmine scallops, the mouth and handle silver
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) high 6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) wide
Circa 1755, iron-red hunting-horn mark, the silver mount circa 1890
Of baluster form, moulded with leaves scrolling around the body, painted in colors below the spout with a bacchante and putti musicians in a landscape reserved within a moulded trefoil cartouche enriched in carmine, the foot with carmine scallops, the mouth and handle silver
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) high 6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) wide
Literature
Geneviève Le Duc, Porcelain tender de Chantilly au XVIII Siècle, 1996, p. 138, color illus.