Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 102
An extremely rare pair of gilt-bronze-mounted Chantilly tobacco jars and covers, circa 1740
3 July 2025, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,560 inc. premium
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An extremely rare pair of gilt-bronze-mounted Chantilly tobacco jars and covers, circa 1740
Of cylindrical form with a waisted foot and slightly domed cover, each applied with flowering prunus branches with blue and green leaves and the yellow flowers edged in red, the finely-tooled gilt-metal mounts with geometric motifs alternating with foliate scrollwork, 14cm high, hunting horn marks in red (one with strengthened haircrack to rim, minor chips and restoration to applied leaves and flowers) (4)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Gilbert Levy Collection, Paris;
The British American Tobacco Collection of Eighteenth-Century Tobacco Containers & Accessories (acquired in 2008 from Manuela Finaz de Villaine, Paris)
No other examples with polychrome applied decoration appear to be recorded in the literature. A pair of undecorated Chantilly tobacco jars and covers with slightly different applied flowers and silver mounts is in the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C. (published by G. Le Duc, Porcelaine tendre de Chantilly au XVIIIe siècle, 1996, p. 366).
