Live Auction 20948Au Bord Du Lac: An interior by François-Joseph Graf
A MONUMENTAL GILT-METAL-MOUNTED W.T. COPELAND & SONS PORCELAIN VASE
Lot 119

A MONUMENTAL GILT-METAL-MOUNTED W.T. COPELAND & SONS PORCELAIN VASE

CIRCA 1862, SCRIPT SIGNATURE 'HÜRTEN' TO LOWER BODY

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A MONUMENTAL GILT-METAL-MOUNTED W.T. COPELAND & SONS PORCELAIN VASE
CIRCA 1862, SCRIPT SIGNATURE 'HÜRTEN' TO LOWER BODY
Painted by C. F. Hürten, with garden flowers, including roses, wysteria, lilac, irises and ivy with dewdrops and insects, pendent from ribbons issuing from painted masks between formal gilt foliate borders, the turquoise ground neck with gilt anthemions and scrollwork, the foot with a gilt-metal mount, with a modern walnut panelled pedestal designed by François-Joseph Graf
The vase 45 in. (114 cm.) high
The pedestal 25 1⁄4 in. (64.1 cm.) high

With Antiquités M. Dandon J. Pokorny, Paris.

Specialist note


This vase is very similar to a Copeland vase in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum no. 8022-1862), which was made especially for the 1862 International Exhibition in London. Both are of very large size and finely painted by C.F. Hürten below a turquoise ground neck. The major manufactories in Britain, including Copeland, produced their largest and most impressive pieces for such international fairs to demonstrate their technical abilities, the skill of their painters and the quality of their design. The size of this vase is a technical masterpiece and the painted decoration by Charles Ferdinand Hürten represents the highest-quality flower painting of the time.

Charles Ferdinand Hürten (1818-1901) was born in Germany but worked mainly in Britain and France. He was one of Europe's foremost flower painters, and worked independently for decorating workshops in Paris before Copeland invited him to join the company after seeing his painting in the national exhibition in Paris in 1858. Hürten remained with the factory until his retirement in 1897, his work featuring in the company's displays in major exhibitions across several decades.