Property from a Rothschild Family Collection, formerly on loan at Waddesdon Manor (lots 154-168)
A pair of gilt-metal-mounted Chinese porcelain blue-glazed parrots, 19th century
No reserve
Live auction begins on:
November 19, 01:30 PM GMT
Estimate
1,800 - 2,500 GBP
Bid
100 GBP
Lot Details
Description
each modelled perched on pierced blue, green and yellow rockwork, on gilt-metal scroll base, 24.5 cm, 9 ¾ in. high;
together with a Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted white marble athenienne cassolette, on triangular shaped base, 24 cm, 9 ½ in. high;
and a pair of Derby (Stevenson & Hancock) porcelain figures of children, each modelled standing before a treestump, he holding a flower, she with a basket of fruit, purple crowned crossed batons S and H over D mark, 16.5 cm, 6 ½ in. high
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Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild (1910-1990);
Thence by family descent.
The Derby (Stevenson & Hancock) figure of a girl is possibly the example recorded at Rushbrooke Hall, Bury St. Edmunds, in the Inventory and Valuation of the Contents of the Reception Rooms Principal Bedrooms, Silver, Gold Cup, Plated Items, Porcelain, Objects d’art and Pictures, the property of The Rt. Hon. Lord Rothschild, Taken for the purpose of Insurance, Sotheby & Co., 1940, p. 72, recorded in the Fushia Bedroom: ‘A Derby figure of a girl, by Stevenson & Hancock’.
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