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A PAIR OF PORCELAIN MONOGRAMMED AND RETICULATED COMPOTES
Lot 1350PROPERTY FROM THE WESTERVELT COMPANY

A PAIR OF PORCELAIN MONOGRAMMED AND RETICULATED COMPOTES

BY WILLIAM ELLIS TUCKER (ACTIVE 1827-1838), PHILADELPHIA, 1827-1838

Fermé18 January 2019

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A PAIR OF PORCELAIN MONOGRAMMED AND RETICULATED COMPOTES
BY WILLIAM ELLIS TUCKER (ACTIVE 1827-1838), PHILADELPHIA, 1827-1838
The interior of each basket gilt with MCM monogram
10 ½ in. high (each)

Mary Carpenter Smith Mayer (Ms. George Mayer), Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Mr. and Mrs. J.W.B. Bausman, Jr., Exton, Pennsylvania
Christie's, New York, 2 June 1990, lot 107
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1991

Note du spécialiste

These compotes bear the monogram MCM for Mary Carpenter Mayer (1784-1853), wife of Colonel George Mayer. Colonel Mayer was an ironmonger and hardware merchant of Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Neo-Classicism In America: Inspiration and Innovation, (New York, 1991) p. 112, no. 84).