24th May, 2023 11:00
European Works of Art
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A SEVRES ‘DOLPHIN’ SALT CELLAR (SALIERE A DAUPHIN), CIRCA 1820
probably after a design by Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard, the shell decorated in brown and heightened in gilding supported on the head of a mythical gilt and green sea-lion, on a square base decorated in imitation of a red hard-stone, interlaced LL monogram enclosing a fleur-de-lys/Sevres stencilled in blue, incised Mas(?), 9.5cm high
Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (1780-1850), the son of the famous painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard, first trained in his father’s workshop, then became the assistant of the painter David. Between 1806 and 1839 he also created numerous decorative designs for Sèvres porcelain. For another example of this rare shape, ascribed to 1817, see O. Doutrebente, Drouot, Paris, 26 June 2015, lot 211.
Sold for £1,100
probably after a design by Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard, the shell decorated in brown and heightened in gilding supported on the head of a mythical gilt and green sea-lion, on a square base decorated in imitation of a red hard-stone, interlaced LL monogram enclosing a fleur-de-lys/Sevres stencilled in blue, incised Mas(?), 9.5cm high
Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (1780-1850), the son of the famous painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard, first trained in his father’s workshop, then became the assistant of the painter David. Between 1806 and 1839 he also created numerous decorative designs for Sèvres porcelain. For another example of this rare shape, ascribed to 1817, see O. Doutrebente, Drouot, Paris, 26 June 2015, lot 211.
Auction: European Works of Art, 24th May, 2023
