The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 6th February 2025
Lot 1641
A Sèvres coffee can (gobelet litron), c.1775, painted by Charles-Nicholas Dodin with a depiction of
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Description
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.