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A pair of Royal Worcester…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
25-Mar-2024
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Description:
A pair of Royal Worcester covered pot pourri vases, shape 519, 1870s (date ciphers indistinct), the reserves by Josiah Rushton, each ovoid on a square foot with a pierced cover and a pair of handles to the shoulders modelled as entwined serpents, turquoise ground with gilt details, the front of each body with a gilt-framed reserve, one decorated with 'Saskia with a red Flower' after Rembrandt, the other with 'A portrait of Helena Fourment' after Rubens, each signed Jr (conjoined) lower left, the reverse sides with an arrangement of a hat, feathers, and foliage in gold, the undersides respectively incised 'Rembrandt' and 'Rubens' and with printed factory marks, 28 cm high. Other notes: the portraits on which the reserves are based, respectively of Rembrandt's and Rubens's wives, are now in the Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, and the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon.. Condition: chips and minor restorations to the socle, wear and possible restoration to the handles, scattered cosmetic restorations, remnant residue to each rim and underside of each lid, with gilding loss, ever so slight crazing to ground, gilt beading missing, the whole finial replaced with a plain gilt metal finial fixed with a screw from the underside of the cover
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Category:
Ceramics: Royal Worcester