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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CARVED LAPIS LAZULI TAZZA
THE LAPIS LAZULI, ITALIAN, LATE 16TH OR 17TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS REMOND OR PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1792
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A LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CARVED LAPIS LAZULI TAZZA
THE LAPIS LAZULI, ITALIAN, LATE 16TH OR 17TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS REMOND OR PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1792
The circular lobed dish flanked by acanthus-wrapped and eagle-headed supports each issuing spirally-twisted tendrils and terminating in paired legs with hoof feet, centred by a berried staff and scrolled serpent, above an oval platform with stiff-leaf and milled rim supported by four recumbent lions each on a mille raies plinth, the underside with a white circular paper label and remains of a red circular paper label, old restorations to the lapis, including a circa 5 in. (13 cm.) spliced section to the rim of the dish, probably dating from the time of the late 18th century remounting
18 in. (46 cm.) high; 11 1⁄4 in. (29 cm.) wide
THE LAPIS LAZULI, ITALIAN, LATE 16TH OR 17TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS REMOND OR PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1792
The circular lobed dish flanked by acanthus-wrapped and eagle-headed supports each issuing spirally-twisted tendrils and terminating in paired legs with hoof feet, centred by a berried staff and scrolled serpent, above an oval platform with stiff-leaf and milled rim supported by four recumbent lions each on a mille raies plinth, the underside with a white circular paper label and remains of a red circular paper label, old restorations to the lapis, including a circa 5 in. (13 cm.) spliced section to the rim of the dish, probably dating from the time of the late 18th century remounting
18 in. (46 cm.) high; 11 1⁄4 in. (29 cm.) wide
Provenance
The Lapis Tazza:
Almost certainly:
Randon de Boisset, sold in Paris, 27 February 1777, lot 468 (1822 livres to the marchand Langlier).
The Boileau sale, sold in Paris, 1782, lot 209 (2192 livres).
The Le Brun sale, sold in Paris, 11 April 1791, lot 404 (repurchased by Le Brun for 2,200 livres).
The Lapis Tazza and its mounts:
Almost certainly acquired in Russia, by Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Marquis of Douglas and later 10th Duke of Hamilton (d.1852) when Ambassador in St Petersburg, circa 1807, and certainly at Hamilton Palace by 1825.
Thence by descent to William, 12th Duke of Hamilton (d. 1895), Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire,
sold Christie's London, 17 June - 20 July 1882, lot 1430 (£320 50s) to,
Christopher Beckett Denison; sold Christie's London, 6 June 1885, lot 778 (£192 18s 9) to
William, 5th Earl of Carysfort, Elton Hall, Cambridgeshire and thence by descent,
until sold to the current owner in 2015.
Almost certainly:
Randon de Boisset, sold in Paris, 27 February 1777, lot 468 (1822 livres to the marchand Langlier).
The Boileau sale, sold in Paris, 1782, lot 209 (2192 livres).
The Le Brun sale, sold in Paris, 11 April 1791, lot 404 (repurchased by Le Brun for 2,200 livres).
The Lapis Tazza and its mounts:
Almost certainly acquired in Russia, by Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Marquis of Douglas and later 10th Duke of Hamilton (d.1852) when Ambassador in St Petersburg, circa 1807, and certainly at Hamilton Palace by 1825.
Thence by descent to William, 12th Duke of Hamilton (d. 1895), Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire,
sold Christie's London, 17 June - 20 July 1882, lot 1430 (£320 50s) to,
Christopher Beckett Denison; sold Christie's London, 6 June 1885, lot 778 (£192 18s 9) to
William, 5th Earl of Carysfort, Elton Hall, Cambridgeshire and thence by descent,
until sold to the current owner in 2015.
Literature
Circa 1807, Russian Lists, ‘No. 6': 'La Cassolette de Lapis Lazuli monté en bronze' [together with a Chinese jade hookah mounted in gilt bronze and 3 rock crystal vases mounted in bronze and gold, costing 6000 roubles] Hamilton Archives/ 332/ M12.30
1825 Inventory of Hamilton Palace, p. 31, State Bed Room 'An ornamental Cup standing on rich figures with a Glass Globe over it, of Lapis Lazuli, £70' (Hamilton Archives/332/M4.70)
1852-3 Inventory of Hamilton Palace, p. 142, Drawing Room 'A Lapis Lazuli Cassolette on a stand of the same supported by richly chased gilt bronze standard with eagle head handles and the Lapis base encased in gilt Bronze rim with Lion supports glass shade over Do.' Hamilton Archives/2177/Vol. 1228
1853 Fire Insurance Inventory of Hamilton Palace, p. 47. Drawing Room 'A Lapis Lazuli Cassolette on a stand of the same Supported by Gilt Bronze Standards with Eagle head and the stand below Encased in a Rich Gilt Bronze Rim and Lion Supports under Do., £80' (Hamilton Archives/2177/Bundle 2714)
1876 Inventory of Hamilton Palace, p. 95, Old State Bedroom 'A circular fluted Dish of Lapis Lazuli mounted on gilt Metal Stand – the Base an oval piece of Lapis Lazuli on four gilt Metal Lions, under Glass Shade' (Hamilton Estate Papers/4551)
Art Furniture Purchased by 5th Earl (of Carysfort), manuscript, circa 1885.
1825 Inventory of Hamilton Palace, p. 31, State Bed Room 'An ornamental Cup standing on rich figures with a Glass Globe over it, of Lapis Lazuli, £70' (Hamilton Archives/332/M4.70)
1852-3 Inventory of Hamilton Palace, p. 142, Drawing Room 'A Lapis Lazuli Cassolette on a stand of the same supported by richly chased gilt bronze standard with eagle head handles and the Lapis base encased in gilt Bronze rim with Lion supports glass shade over Do.' Hamilton Archives/2177/Vol. 1228
1853 Fire Insurance Inventory of Hamilton Palace, p. 47. Drawing Room 'A Lapis Lazuli Cassolette on a stand of the same Supported by Gilt Bronze Standards with Eagle head and the stand below Encased in a Rich Gilt Bronze Rim and Lion Supports under Do., £80' (Hamilton Archives/2177/Bundle 2714)
1876 Inventory of Hamilton Palace, p. 95, Old State Bedroom 'A circular fluted Dish of Lapis Lazuli mounted on gilt Metal Stand – the Base an oval piece of Lapis Lazuli on four gilt Metal Lions, under Glass Shade' (Hamilton Estate Papers/4551)
Art Furniture Purchased by 5th Earl (of Carysfort), manuscript, circa 1885.
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