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CIRCA 1770, BLUE SCRIPT F MARKS, IMPRESSED AND INCISED NUMERALS, THE ORMOLU MOUNTS MID-19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN
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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED FÜRSTENBERG PORCELAIN OVAL TUREEN, COVER AND STAND
CIRCA 1770, BLUE SCRIPT F MARKS, IMPRESSED AND INCISED NUMERALS, THE ORMOLU MOUNTS MID-19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN
The tureen, cover and stand painted with vignettes of birds in wooded landscape within rocaille moulded and scale-pattern borders alternating with bouquets of flowers, enriched with gilt foliage, the cover applied with a pear finial, the tureen mounted with a pierced foliate and floral gallery and classical mask and acanthus scroll handles, on scroll-moulded porcelain feet, supported on four ormolu acanthus branches framing a scroll-moulded oval stand, on an ormolu scroll and foliate-moulded stand applied with grotesque masks
19 in. (48.2 cm.) high overall
18.1/2 in. (47 cm.) wide overall
CIRCA 1770, BLUE SCRIPT F MARKS, IMPRESSED AND INCISED NUMERALS, THE ORMOLU MOUNTS MID-19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN
The tureen, cover and stand painted with vignettes of birds in wooded landscape within rocaille moulded and scale-pattern borders alternating with bouquets of flowers, enriched with gilt foliage, the cover applied with a pear finial, the tureen mounted with a pierced foliate and floral gallery and classical mask and acanthus scroll handles, on scroll-moulded porcelain feet, supported on four ormolu acanthus branches framing a scroll-moulded oval stand, on an ormolu scroll and foliate-moulded stand applied with grotesque masks
19 in. (48.2 cm.) high overall
18.1/2 in. (47 cm.) wide overall
Provenance
Probably acquired by Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854) and Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry (1800-65), possibly whilst travelling through Europe en route to St. Petersburg in 1836-37.
Literature
Wynyard Park inventory, 1886, vol. ii, p. 315, the drawing room, ‘ a fine old Dresden china soup tureen, cover & stand richly painted birds & flowers & mounted in ormolu with masked head handles’.
Wynyard Park inventory, 1949, p. 78 (part).
Wynyard Park inventory, 1956, p. 49, p. 81 (part).
Wynyard Park inventory, 1965, vol. ii, p. 134 (part).
Wynyard Park inventory, 1949, p. 78 (part).
Wynyard Park inventory, 1956, p. 49, p. 81 (part).
Wynyard Park inventory, 1965, vol. ii, p. 134 (part).
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