A 'Terre de Namur' silver-mounted black-ground baluster coffee pot and cover
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A 'Terre de Namur' silver-mounted black-ground baluster coffee pot and cover

CIRCA 1790, PROBABLY FRANCOIS GHOBERT, RUE DE LA MONTAGNE, BRUSSELS

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A 'Terre de Namur' silver-mounted black-ground baluster coffee pot and cover
CIRCA 1790, PROBABLY FRANCOIS GHOBERT, RUE DE LA MONTAGNE, BRUSSELS
Inspired by Staffordshire faïences noires, the shaped handle and elongated spout elaborately mounted with a lion head and connected with chains to an urn finial, the cover with similar decoration
27.5 cm. high
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Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

For the attribution to Brussels instead of Namur see J. Lemaire, Faïence et Porcelaines de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, 2003, p.70.

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