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拍品專文
BRETTON PARK, YORKSHIRE
The Palladian mansion at Bretton Park was built circa 1730 for Sir William Wentworth, Bt., by Colonel James Moyser. The house passed by descent to Sir Thomas Wentworth, 5th Bt. On his death in 1792, it was inherited by his eldest natural daughter, who had married Colonel Thomas Richard Beaumont (1758-1829). Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries distinguished architects added to and altered the house: John Carr in 1793; William Atkinson in 1807; Sir Jeffry Wyattville in 1815; and George Basevi in 1842 (H. Colvin, British Architects 1660-1840, London, 1978, pp. 76, 95, 196, 565 and 962).
Interestingly, a Meissen catalogue of the time records a table of similar form as 'in the English taste' and stamped as shape B 139. Priced at 260 Deutschmarks, to reflect its exclusivity and craftsmanship, the porcelain guéridon is by far the most expensive piece in this section of the Meissen catalogue. The increasing popularity of pieces in the English taste and the importance to the factory of orders from English merchants in the 19th century fuelled the revivalism of this period.
A similar Meissen guéridon sold in these rooms, 3 November 1994, lot 532 (£27,600).
The Palladian mansion at Bretton Park was built circa 1730 for Sir William Wentworth, Bt., by Colonel James Moyser. The house passed by descent to Sir Thomas Wentworth, 5th Bt. On his death in 1792, it was inherited by his eldest natural daughter, who had married Colonel Thomas Richard Beaumont (1758-1829). Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries distinguished architects added to and altered the house: John Carr in 1793; William Atkinson in 1807; Sir Jeffry Wyattville in 1815; and George Basevi in 1842 (H. Colvin, British Architects 1660-1840, London, 1978, pp. 76, 95, 196, 565 and 962).
Interestingly, a Meissen catalogue of the time records a table of similar form as 'in the English taste' and stamped as shape B 139. Priced at 260 Deutschmarks, to reflect its exclusivity and craftsmanship, the porcelain guéridon is by far the most expensive piece in this section of the Meissen catalogue. The increasing popularity of pieces in the English taste and the importance to the factory of orders from English merchants in the 19th century fuelled the revivalism of this period.
A similar Meissen guéridon sold in these rooms, 3 November 1994, lot 532 (£27,600).