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A Barr Flight & Barr Worcester inkwell set depicting a Spaniel / Setter A Barr Flight & Barr Worcester lidded single inkwell set depicting a recumbent red and white Spaniel / Setter. With marbled veined finish and mercurie oxide gilt decoration, imitating Italian scagliola marble, the inkwell provides for two quills and a central candle. The scagliola finishes were popular by the maker from around 1800 to 1820. The painting of the Spaniel / Setter is possibly by Enoch Doe (English, ca. 1785 - fl. 1851). On the base the hand written script marks read, beneath a crown, “Barr Flight & Barr Worcester manufactured to their majesties Prince of Wales & Royal Familyâ€. This is considered to be the most elaborate of Flight and Barr porcelain marks. Together with the maker’s mark, in the same hand. Then incised ‘173’. English, circa 1815.
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Spaniel |
Yr: 1815 |
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A porcelain Greyhound and hare by Jacob Petit (French, 1796-1865) A porcelain standing Greyhound with a hare between its legs by Jacob Petit (French, 1796-1865). Signed on the base “JPâ€.
Jacob Petit (French, 1796-1865) was one of the most famous French porcelain manufacturers of the 19th century. He began studying painting at Gros, then left Paris for England which gave him the taste for decorative objects. On his return to France in 1830, he published a book of interior decoration. His greatest interest was though in porcelain. By 1838 he bought Weill Baruch, in Fontainebleau. In 1850, he merged his two factories in Avon, but some years later, in 1862, he retires from Paradise Street Poissonière, transferring its business to one of his workers, Jacquemain.
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Greyhound |
Artist: Jacob Petit |
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A Setter / Braque bronze by Georges Gardet (French, 1863-1939) A bronze of a Setter / Braque at work by Georges Gardet (French, 1863-1939), this casting unusually mounted on chiselled marble terrace. The foundry for this work was the 'Societes Des Bronzes de Paris'. Carved into the marble “Georges Gardetâ€. French, circa 1900
Gardet was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1900, and was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, and the Society of French Artists.
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Setter |
Yr: 1900 |
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Weir & Sons boxed set of George V silver boar menu holders by Adie Brothers Ltd. A Weir & Sons of Dublin London boxed set of four silver menu holders of boar heads by Adie Brothers Ltd., of Birmingham. Each assayed Birmingham 1925, marked “A & Bros. Ltd†and to the base registered design number “75547â€. Complete with original box marked “Weir & Sons 96 Grafton Street 1,2, & 3 Wicklow Street Dublinâ€. English 1925.
Adie Brothers were a Birmingham firm of silversmiths with London premises. They were regular exhibitors, and these are possible the work of their chief designer Fernand Piret.
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Other |
Yr: 1925 |
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