The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 06 Feb 2025
A Sèvres coffee can (gobelet litron), c.1775, painted by Charles-Nicholas Dodin with a depiction of
A Sèvres coffee can (gobelet litron), c.1775, painted by Charles-Nicholas Dodin with a depiction of Venus spanking Cupid with a spray of pink roses, within a gilt panel on a white ground, decorated with gilt swags and formal motifs, blue interlaced Ls enclosing X mark above a painter's mark, 2mm rim chip, 7cm.
The scene derives from Benigno Bossi's etching now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.