Two Pairs of Beaux Arts Blue Ground Porcelain Urns
Auction Date: October 15, 2022
Sold for: $369
Lot: 31
Limoges, France.
Circa 1890 -1900.
The taller with gilt bronze mask-head mounts to sides and weighted bases. The bodies painted in polychrome enamels with landscapes and mounted gallants within gilt and scroll bands, on bronze and weighted bases. The smaller pair painted in 18th Century manner withh a male or female figure by grotto or lake, within slender gilt band and scrollwork, under domed covers. On waisted ankles, with metal mounts.
The base mounts of the smaller pair marked FRANCE.
Approximate dimensions 10 5/8 - 11 3/4 H..
Reference: A similar bouquet, illustrated in Twitchett BAiley, Royal Crown Derby, London, Barrie Jenkins, 1976, p. 96.
Condition: Overall condition is very good. Minor wear to gilding. Crazing to glaze on smaller pair. Covers affixed to bodies.