A French ormolu and Paris (Dihl & Guérhard) porcelain-mounted table casket
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A French ormolu and Paris (Dihl & Guérhard) porcelain-mounted table casket

THE ORMOLU 19TH CENTURY, THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1800, INSCRIBED MFTUR DE DIHL/G AND SIGNED L. COSTE

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A French ormolu and Paris (Dihl & Guérhard) porcelain-mounted table casket
The ormolu 19th Century, the porcelain circa 1800, inscribed MFTUR DE DIHL/G and signed L. COSTE
The foliate-cast top with two hinged lids, each inset with an oval plaque painted with violas and roses, with velvet-lined interior, on winged sphinx monopodiae
4 3/8 in. (10.8 cm.) high; 13 in. (33 cm.) wide; 8¼ in. (21 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

Despite his superior skill as a painter, little is known about Coste as many of the factory records relating to him were destroyed by fire at the end of the 19th Century. However, a plaque depicting a lush floral still life and signed coste d'aprez Vandael and Mre de Dihl was formerly in the Castille Collection and is illustrated by Anne Lajoix, 'Tableaux Pricieux en Porcelaine', L'estampille-Objet d'Art, No. 247, May 1991, p. 121.
Another plaque by Coste, similar in decoration to the Castille Collection example, was sold Christie's London, 27 June 2005, lot 119 (#66,000).

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