Live Auction 18366The Collector: European and English 18th and 19th Century Furniture and Works of Art, Silver, Ceramics and Gold Boxes
A PAIR OF GILT-METAL-MOUNTED CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN MODELS OF ELEPHANTS
Lot 238

A PAIR OF GILT-METAL-MOUNTED CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN MODELS OF ELEPHANTS

LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SAMSON

Closed15 July 2020

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GBP 11,250

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A PAIR OF GILT-METAL-MOUNTED CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN MODELS OF ELEPHANTS
LATE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SAMSON
Modelled standing, each naturalistically painted in tones of grey, on gilt-metal scroll bases
7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high

Specialist note

A pair of identical standing elephants, also possibly by Samson, sold from The Collection of The Marquis and Marquise de Ravenel; Christie’s, London, 21-22 November 2007, lot 51 (£20,900).