Lot 261

FEUILLET ATTRIBUTED PORCELAIN AND SIGNED DESPREZ FREDRICK GUILLAME SULPHIDE CABINET CUP AND SAUCER

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Sold for
$799.50
Sold Price includes BP

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FEUILLET ATTRIBUTED PORCELAIN AND SIGNED DESPREZ FREDRICK GUILLAME SULPHIDE CABINET CUP AND SAUCER, cup having a gilt-decorated interior with a curling integral handle, exterior featuring statuesque griffins separating floral sprays and a central green mask and laurel motif, lower band of varying colored flowers and leaves, having a signed "DESPREZ" sulphide of Fredrick Guillame in the base, matching decorated saucer. France. Early 19th century. Cup: 4" H, 3 1/8" D rim. Saucer: 1 1/4" H, 5 1/2" D.
Literature: Parallels Jokelson - Sulphides: The Art of Cameo Incrustation, p. 58, fig. XIII. Parallels - Glass Paperweights of the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, p. 3, fig. 592.

Condition

Undamaged with some minor crazing to the base of the cup.

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From the collection of Tad McKeon, Loudon, TN.
Christie's, 4/21/2010, lot 178.
Ex- collection of L.K. Tarshis (retains auction and collection label).