The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 6th February 2025
Lot 1654
Five Paris porcelain coffee cans, c.1775-1820, one Rue Thiroux and finely painted with a stately
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £529
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Description
Five Paris porcelain coffee cans, c.1775-1820, one Rue Thiroux and finely painted with a stately home in a continuous river landscape, a Nast can painted with a shield-shaped panel of a sea battle, depicting Napoleon driving Anglo-Spanish ships from the port of Toulon in 1793, on a white and gilt flowerhead ground, a Dagoty can with a portrait of Napoleon, possibly by Martin Drölling, an unattributed can painted with a portrait of a society beauty between stylised gilt swan motifs, and another finely painted with flowers on a marble slab reserved on a green ground, 6.5cm max. (5)