A St. Cloud silver-mounted water jug and cover, circa 1730. Photo Sotheby's
in the white, applied with trailing branches of prunus blossom. Wilfrid Evill Collection Label; 20cm., 8in. ESTIMATE 4,000-6,000 GBP - Lot Sold: 7,500 GBP
Note: For a similar example, together with its matching basin in the Musée de la Céramique in Rouen, see the Bard Graduate Center exhibition catalogue, The Saint-Cloud Manufactory, Ed. Bertrand Rondot, 1999, pp. 170-171, no. 87
An unusual figure of a magot, attributed to Villeroy, circa 1740. Photo Sotheby's
seated on a mound, decorated in part with patterns on green and yellow grounds, a flowering plant on his back; incised DV mark, Wilfrid Evill Collection Label; 7cm., 2¾in. ESTIMATE 1,000-1,500 GBP - Lot Sold: 5,000 GBP
A St. Cloud milk jug and cover, circa 1740. Photo Sotheby's
of fluted shape, painted in Kakiemon style with trailing plants and banded hedges. Wilfrid Evill Collection Label; 14cm., 5½in. ESTIMATE 1,200-1,800 GBP - Lot Sold: 4,375 GBP
An unusual Chantilly pot-pourri vase, circa 1735-40. Photo Sotheby's
the fluted vase painted in Kakiemon style and applied with a flower spray, set on a naturalistic shaped base with a treestump and a Chinese family group,some damage and restoration; hunting horn mark in red; 12.5cm., 5in. high, 16.2cm., 6½in. wide. ESTIMATE 3,000-4,000 GBP - Lot Sold: 4,250 GBP
Note: This vase would originally have had a cover. For a pair of similar pot pourri vases with pierced matching covers in the Musée Condé Chantilly set on bases with leopards, see Genviève Le Duc, Porcelaine tendre de Chantilly, 1996, p. 213.
A pair of Chantilly wine glass coolers, circa 1740. Photo Sotheby's
painted in Kakiemon style with stylised flowering prunus and squirrels on banded hedges with trailing vines, the borders with flowering branches on a seeded ground some restoration; hunting horn marks in red, Wilfrid Evill Collection Label; 10.2cm and 10.4cm., 4in. ESTIMATE 3,000-5,000 GBP - Lot Sold: 3,500 GBP
Note: Similar coolers are illustrated by Genviève Le Duc, Porcelaine tendre de Chantilly, 1996, p. 112.
A Chantilly small bowl, circa 1735. Photo Sotheby's
with a shaped everted rim, painted in the Kakiemon style with flowering plants, a border of stylised flowering branches around the footrim; 5.3cm., 2in. ESTIMATE 1,000-1,500 GBP - Lot Sold: 2,625 GBP
Note: This shape may have been intended as a very small mortar as its shape echoes that of a larger mortar (11cm high) illustrated by Genviève Le Duc, Porcelaine tendre de Chantilly, 1996, p. 112, top left.
A Chantilly saucer, circa 1735. Photo Sotheby's
five-lobed, painted in Kakiemon style with banded hedges, a squirrel and fruiting vines; 13.2cm., 5¼in. ESTIMATE 600-800 GBP - Lot Sold: 1,125 GBP
Note: A similar saucer is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, C169-1940.
A St. Cloud silver mounted snuffbox, circa 1740-50. Photo Sotheby's
moulded with rococo reserves and enamelled with chinoiseries and scattered insects, the interior cover with similar decoration, minor damage; 9cm., 3½in. wide. ESTIMATE 1,200-1,800 GBP -Lot Sold: 1,063 GBP
Note: For a similar snuffbox and a snuffbox cover with rococo moulding, see the Bard Graduate Center exhibition catalogue, The Saint-Cloud Manufactory, Ed. Bertrand Rondot, 1999, p. 213, nos. 152 and 153.
A St. Cloud cane handle, circa 1730-40. Photo Sotheby's
painted with chinoiseries, the tip with a goat's head, scratching to glaze; 6cm., 2¼in. ESTIMATE 300-500 GBP - Lot Sold: 1,063 GBP
A St. Cloud snuff box in the shape of a magot, circa 1740. Photo Sotheby's
seated, enamelled with scattered sprigs and an insect, mount and cover lacking; 6cm., 2¼in. ESTIMATE 600-800 GBP - Lot Sold: 438 GBP
Note: For four further examples of this model, complete with their mounts and covers, see the Bard Graduate Center exhibition catalogue, The Saint-Cloud Manufactory, Ed. Bertrand Rondot, 1999, pp. 238, no. 192
Sotheby's. The Evill/Frost Collection. London, 15-16 June 2011 www.sothebys.com
