A rare Capodimonte double-handled ecuelle and cover, circa 1750 image 1

Lot 137

A rare Capodimonte double-handled ecuelle and cover, circa 1750

Fine European Ceramics

2 July 2019, 14:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,562.50 inc. premium

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A rare Capodimonte double-handled ecuelle and cover, circa 1750

Applied with two gilt-edged cartouche-shaped handles decorated with gilt scrollwork, painted with 'fiori 'botanico-orientali' or Oriental-style flowers, the cover with a border of gilt scrollwork to the rim and gilt grape finial, the inside of the ecuelle with gilt decoration of a bird perched on a leafy branch, 20.8cm across handles, fleur-de-lys mark in blue (the ecuelle restored) (2)

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