Live Auction 7586West ~ East - The Niall Hobhouse Collection
Jean-Guillaume Moitte (Paris 1746-1810)
Lot 117

Jean-Guillaume Moitte (Paris 1746-1810)

Design for a tureen with lion's head handles

Closed22 May 2008

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GBP 5,000

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Jean-Guillaume Moitte (Paris 1746-1810)
Design for a tureen with lion's head handles
black lead, pen and grey ink, grey wash
12½ x 17 5/8 in. (31.8 x 44.8 cm.)

Henri Auguste, until 1810.
J.B.C. Odiot, his studio stamp and number '150'.
With Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, 1989.

Specialist note

The snakes coiled round the central support and the four pilasters give this tureen a solidly architectural feel. While the design would have been easily adapted to marble or stone it is unlikely that it was ever executed in silver.