This highly polished large cup is of high quality and is in near perfect condition. In the form of a footed cup with twin handles, the broad bowl rises to a concave neck with an out-turned rim and a moulded lip which continues as a broad band curving into the interior. The inward-turned twin handles are attached both to the rim and the body of the basin where they rise from leaf-shaped motifs each of which have a medial ridge.
The cup has a separately attached pedestal foot with moulded profile. 21⅛ in. (53.5 cm) wide, 18⅝ in. (47.5 cm) diam., 11¼ in. (28.5 cm) high
PROVENANCE: Collection of Henry Myron Blackmer II (1923-1988), acquired prior to 1978 With Colnaghi, London, whence acquired by the previous owner in the 1980s PUBLISHED: `The Collectors: Nuances of History’, Architectural Digest: The International Magazine of Fine Interior Design, May 1978, pp. 136-142, illustrated on p. 137 The Library of Henry Myron Blackmer II, Sotheby’s London, 12-13 October 1989, illustrated in catalogue introduction
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