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A Rare Sheffield Plate Pastille Burner, Circa 1775
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urn form with flower finial, the burner stand with three scroll feet
height 10 1/2 in.; 27 cm
Catalogue note
Perfume burners are found in English silver from the mid-17th century. Perhaps the most splendid is the example in Chatsworth, probably by Philip Rollos, circa 1700.
Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill made a tripod version, Birmingham, 1779 which is at Temple Newsam, cat no.95, while Fogelberg and Gilbert made one with flower top in 1785, illus Vanessa Prett, Sotheby's Directory of Silver, p.232, no.1030.
The current lot is probably based on a French model, an example of similar form but with a finial of carnations by Daniel-Jean Joubert, Paris 1750 is in the Musée des Art Decoratifs illus. Les Grands Orfèvres de Louis XIII à Charles X, p.134, pl 3.
height 10 1/2 in.; 27 cm
Catalogue note
Perfume burners are found in English silver from the mid-17th century. Perhaps the most splendid is the example in Chatsworth, probably by Philip Rollos, circa 1700.
Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill made a tripod version, Birmingham, 1779 which is at Temple Newsam, cat no.95, while Fogelberg and Gilbert made one with flower top in 1785, illus Vanessa Prett, Sotheby's Directory of Silver, p.232, no.1030.
The current lot is probably based on a French model, an example of similar form but with a finial of carnations by Daniel-Jean Joubert, Paris 1750 is in the Musée des Art Decoratifs illus. Les Grands Orfèvres de Louis XIII à Charles X, p.134, pl 3.
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urn form with flower finial, the burner stand with three scroll feet
height 10 1/2 in.; 27 cm
Catalogue note
Perfume burners are found in English silver from the mid-17th century. Perhaps the most splendid is the example in Chatsworth, probably by Philip Rollos, circa 1700.
Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill made a tripod version, Birmingham, 1779 which is at Temple Newsam, cat no.95, while Fogelberg and Gilbert made one with flower top in 1785, illus Vanessa Prett, Sotheby's Directory of Silver, p.232, no.1030.
The current lot is probably based on a French model, an example of similar form but with a finial of carnations by Daniel-Jean Joubert, Paris 1750 is in the Musée des Art Decoratifs illus. Les Grands Orfèvres de Louis XIII à Charles X, p.134, pl 3.
height 10 1/2 in.; 27 cm
Catalogue note
Perfume burners are found in English silver from the mid-17th century. Perhaps the most splendid is the example in Chatsworth, probably by Philip Rollos, circa 1700.
Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill made a tripod version, Birmingham, 1779 which is at Temple Newsam, cat no.95, while Fogelberg and Gilbert made one with flower top in 1785, illus Vanessa Prett, Sotheby's Directory of Silver, p.232, no.1030.
The current lot is probably based on a French model, an example of similar form but with a finial of carnations by Daniel-Jean Joubert, Paris 1750 is in the Musée des Art Decoratifs illus. Les Grands Orfèvres de Louis XIII à Charles X, p.134, pl 3.
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