ONE BY HENRY CLAY, LONDON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A GROUP OF THREE BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED TRAYS ON STANDS
ONE BY HENRY CLAY, LONDON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Two tôle peinte with pierced handles and with scrolling cloud outer borders and rocky landscape inner borders, the other papier mâché, decorated with butterflies and flowers, stamped CLAY/ KING ST./ COV.T GARDEN', all on later simulated bamboo stands

The largest: 18 ¼ in. (46.5 cm.) high; 24 ½ in. (61.5 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

Provenance

The largest: Sibyl Colefax and John Fowler,
Property from the Estate of Henry Ford II; sold Sotheby's, Turville Grange, 5 December 1988, lot 99.

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Lot Essay

The London manufactory titled 'Clay, King Street, Covent Garden' (flourished c.1801-1822) was established by Henry Clay (d.1812), who styled himself 'Japanner in Ordinary' to King George III and George, Prince of Wales.

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