Online Auction 23287Two American Collections: The Estates of Adolphus and Emily Andrews, San Francisco and Donald Bruce Wilson, Memphis
A PAIR OF PARIS (LOCRE ET RUSSINGER) BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUPS OF VENUS AND CUPID
Lot 155PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. BRUCE WILSON

A PAIR OF PARIS (LOCRE ET RUSSINGER) BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUPS OF VENUS AND CUPID

CIRCA 1785, INCISED CROSSED TORCHES MARKS

Closed18 June 2024

Estimate

USD 2,000–3,000

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A PAIR OF PARIS (LOCRE ET RUSSINGER) BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUPS OF VENUS AND CUPID
CIRCA 1785, INCISED CROSSED TORCHES MARKS
Each featuring Venus standing next to Cupid on a floral garland strung column, the first with Venus holding Cupid's quiver of arrows with an urn of flowers on the column by Cupid, the second with Cupid holding his bow and rising to embrace Venus with a basket with two billing doves beside him on the column
13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) high, the taller

Specialist note

A related group by Manufacture de Locré et Russinger entitled L'Offrande à l'Amour featuring two maidens presenting flower garlands and a basket of birds to a single putti atop an altar is illustrated in R. de Plinval de Guillebon, Les Biscuits de Porcelaine de Paris XVIIIe-XIXe siècles, Paris, 2012, p. 217, fig. 202.

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