Description:
A Very Fine Semi-Pair of Museum Quality Figural Ormolu-Mounted Sèvres Porcelain Monteiths (Seau Crenelle), The Porcelain 18th/19th Century and the Ormolu Mounts possibly English early to mid 19th Century, each with their stylized dragon stands and panther-form handles, these distinctive monteiths are characteristic of the English marchand-mercier Edward Holmes Baldock (d. 1846). Baldock was appointed 'Purveyor of China, Earthenware and Glass to William IV' and he was responsible for the formation of many of the greatest 19th Century English collections of French furniture, including those of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Northumberland, the Earl of Lonsdale, William Beckford and George Byng (G. de Bellaigue, 'Edward Holmes Baldock - Part 1', The Connoisseur, August, 1975, p. 292). Acting both as a manufacturer and retailer, he specialized in selling not only the chefs-d'oeuvres of the ancien rgime, but also in embellishing plainer examples of 18th Century ébénisterie and commissioning ormolu mounts in the Louis XV style for Sèvres and Oriental porcelain.
A similar single Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Sevres Porcelain Bleu Celeste Vase with Flowers (Seau 'Crenelle') was sold at Christie's New York, on 24 November 1998, Sale 9062, Lot 24 for $145,500 - Click here to view
A similar but less decorated Sèvres Porcelain Monteith, without the ormolu mounts, is part of the collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY- Click here to view - Click to view it as it is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Another example of a similar shaped Sèvres Porcelain Monteith, also without the ormolu mounts and decorated with flowers, is part of the collection at The Art Gallery Museum of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Click here to view
Yet another example of a similar shaped Sèvres Porcelain Monteith, also without the ormolu mounts, is part of the collection at The Royal Collection Trust of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, London, UK. Click here to view
Another example of a similar shaped Sèvres Porcelain Monteith, described as a wine-glass cooler, also without the ormolu mounts and decorated with flowers and a profile of a man by Étienne-Henri LeGuay, Decorator (French, 1719-about 1799), is part of the collection at IMA - The Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN. Click here to view
A similar single Sèvres Porcelain Monteith is part of the collection a the Marton Museum in Samobor, Croatia. Click here to view
Height: 11 3/4 inches (28.5 cm)
Width: 13 1/2 inches (34 cm)
Depth: 10 1/4 inches (16 cm)
Ref.: A1534 - SOLD
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