Rare Vauxhall Porcelain Royal-Blue and Gilt Baluster Vases
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A pair of very rare small Vauxhall porcelain Royal-blue and gilt baluster vases, painted in the London atelier of James Giles with reserved panels of exotic birds and landscapes. English circa 1765/70. Provenance: Robyn Robb England. 2007 exhibition International Ceramics Fair London no 8. acquired 17/07/2007 invoiced then as Vauxhall by Robyn Robb (19,500 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 205. Reference: See a similar pair of Bow vases (Giles decorated) sold at Albert Amor Ltd London Spring 1986 no 8625. A pair of very similar vases (maybe the same ones) described as probably Bow, after a Sevres model. Property from the collection of Hanns and Elisabeth Weinberg Sothebys New York 11 November 2006 lot 374 (sold US$13,200). There is a Vauxhall vase illustrated by Bernard Watney in ECC Transactions (1989) Vol.13 part 3,pl.203 (c) and (d), 12 cm high, 7 cm wide, bases 4.6 cm diameter
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- Atelier - Atelier (French for "workshop"), in English usuage describes the workshop of an artist in the fine or decorative arts, where the artist and a number of assistants, students and apprentices worked together producing pieces that went out in the artists name. This was the standard practice for European artists from the Middle Ages to the 18th or 19th century
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