A PAIR OF PARIS (DIHL AND GUERHARD) PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND COFFEE-CUPS AND SAUCERS

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A PAIR OF PARIS (DIHL AND GUERHARD) PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND COFFEE-CUPS AND SAUCERS

CIRCA 1790, GILT FACTORY MARKS

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A PAIR OF PARIS (DIHL AND GUERHARD) PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND COFFEE-CUPS AND SAUCERS
CIRCA 1790, GILT FACTORY MARKS
Painted with pink and purple flowers
5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) diameter, the saucers

Provenance

William Beckford; Christie's, 17 September 1822, Magnificent Effects at Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire (sale cancelled).
Susan, Duchess of Hamilton (1768-1859).
By descent to the 15th Duke of Hamilton (1938-2010).

Literature

D. E. Ostergard ed., William Beckford 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent, exhibition catalogue, Yale University Press, 2001, p. 331, cat. no. 49.

Exhibited

New York, Bard Graduate Centre, William Beckford 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent, 2001-2002, then London, Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2002, no. 49.

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Lot Essay

Beckford owned at least eight cups and saucers of this type, there are a further three in the collections of the Dukes of Hamilton, Lennoxlove, East Lothian and one in the British Museum (see A. Dawson, French Porcelain, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, London, 12994, no. 270, col. pl. 40).

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