PAIR OF ORMOLU MOUNTED CHANTILLY BOTTLE COOLERS, MADE FOR LOUIS-PHILIPPE, DUC D'ORLEANS, CHÂTEAU AT VILLERS-COTTERÊTS
CIRCA 1770
Auction: Property from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie | Wed 3rd Sept at 10am | Lots 45 to 170
Description
enamelled in blue with the crown cypher for Louis Philippe and interlocking LLs in the form of flower garlands, with a border of flower garlands hanging from tied ribbons, enamelled below each handle with a butterfly and a winged insect, within a foot rim mount modelled with four dolphin feet, mounts impressed M, coolers with blue horn factory marks and the letter A, inscribed in blue ‘Villers Cotterets’, indistinct incised marks (2)
Dimensions
13cm high
Provenance
Property from the Estate of Virginia Fortune Ryan Ogilvy, Dowager Countess of Airlie