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Lot 122: Two designs for tazzas with cloven hoof stands and two designs for elaborate urns with snake's head handles; and Eight designs for sauce boats, tazzas, tureens and wine coolers

Est: £2,500 GBP - £3,500 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomMay 22, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Jean-Guillaume Moitte (Paris 1746-1810)
Two designs for tazzas with cloven hoof stands and two designs for elaborate urns with snake's head handles; and Eight designs for sauce boats, tazzas, tureens and wine coolers
black lead, pen and grey and black ink, grey wash
12¼ x 18 7/8 in. (31.1 x 48 cm.); and 12 x 18 3/8 in. (30.5 x 46.6 cm.) (2)

Artist or Maker

Literature

C. Fregnac, Les Grands Orfèvres de Louis XIII à Charles X, Paris, 1965, p. 261.

Provenance

Henri Auguste, until 1810.
J.B.C. Odiot, his studio stamp and numbers '290' (1) and '291' (2).

Auction Details

West ~ East - The Niall Hobhouse Collection

by
Christie's
May 22, 2008, 10:30 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK