FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

细节

A GROUP OF FIVE SWEDISH ORMOLU-MOUNTED PORPHYRY (PROBABLY LOKA RISBERGS) VASES
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Three of similar size and two larger, the smaller ones with tapering body surmounted by a detachable domed lid with acron finial and foliate cap, on a waisted foot with square socle, the two larger ones with ovoid body with domed lid surmounted by a pine-cone finial, on a waisted foot and square socle, two lids replaced
13 in. (33 cm.) high the smallest, 22 in. (56 cm.) high the largest (5)

来源

with Ariane Dandois, Paris.

拍品专文

Älvdalen (Elfdal) in Sweden appears to have been the only place in Europe since Antiquity where porphyry has been mined seriously. Mining started in the 1780s and the works were bought by Charles XIV, the first of the Bernadotte Kings of Sweden, in order to realise Bernadotte's ambition to bring the splendour of the French Empire style to Sweden. During this period many items in porphyry were distributed throughout Europe as diplomatic presents. The works, which were sold by the Royal Family in 1856, were destroyed by fire ten years later and subsequent production was sporadic and limited. See also lot 220 in this sale.

H. Sundblom et al., Porfyr, exhibition catalogue, Stockholm, December 1985 - February 1986.