Saint-Cloud Porcelain Spice Box and Cover

of cruciform form, raised on scroll feet, painted in blue with Berainesque lappets and scrolls, the cover with cauliflower finial, restored, with Vandermeersch, Paris paper label

Measurements:

height 8.8 cm width 14 cm

Provenance:

Xavier, comte de Chavagnac (crested paper label with illegible collection number inscribed), Vandermeersch, 31bis rue des St. Peres, Paris, The Collection of Leo and Doris Hodroff, Bonhams, lot 167, May 2008, New York, Private Collection, QLD

Reference:

Cf. for comparison Aileen Dawson, A Catalogue of French Porcelain in the British Museum, London, 1994, pp. 11-22, cat. no. 8, Collections of the Metmuseum, Cat. 50.211.134a,b

• EStimate $6,000 - $8,000