A CHELSEA PASTILLE BURNER MODELLED AS A DOVECOTE

CIRCA 1770, GOLD ANCHOR MARK TO FRONT OF BASE AND GROUND

Details

A CHELSEA PASTILLE BURNER MODELLED AS A DOVECOTE
Circa 1770, gold anchor mark to front of base and ground
Modelled with doves roosting on a circular castle tower supported by a high flower-encrusted mound, on a rococo scroll moulded base enriched in turquoise and gilt
30.5/8in. (47.5cm.) high

Literature

C.C. Dauterman, The Wrightsman Collection: Volume IV, Porcelain, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1970, p. 353, pl. 160B

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Lot Essay

Another example of this model with a fox prowling below the dovecote remains in the Wrightsman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A third example in the Bowles Collection, San Francisco Museums of Fine Art, Palace of the Legion of Honor, dated circa 1755-56, also retains its original covers. The central tower cover is moulded and painted in imitation of thatch. Those on the perimeter turrets are pale grey, possibly in imitation of slate. Cf. Simon Spero, The Bowles Collection of 18th-Century English and French Porcelain, San Francisco, 1995, cat. no. 42

Plaster replacement covers for the present example have been made from moulds taken directly from this third dovecote and will be offered with this lot.