A MAGNIFICENT ROCOCO 'GIRL-IN-A-SWING' PORCELAIN, PARCEL-GILT AND POLISHED STEEL-MOUNTED DRESSING-TABLE CASKET SURMOUNTED BY AN ARCHED TRIPLE LOOKING-GLASS WITH FOLDING DOORS, circa 1755, perhaps the St. James's factory of Charles Gouyn the casket 10 5/8in. (27cm.) wide the mirror 13 3/4in. (35cm.) high 18in. (45cm.) high overall The casket in the form of a commode with serpentine front and sides, the scroll-moulded angles profusely cast with shells and swags of flowers, the sides each with three shaped 'Girl-in-a-Swing' porcelain panels painted with loose bouquets and cast with similar swags and rocaille , the front with three similar plaques above two short drawers, one containing a rectangular gold inkwell and cover and a sander, the other a gold-mounted tortoiseshell double-sided comb and a gold-mounted miniature brush, the back with three 'Girl-in-a-Swing' porcelain panels, the centre panel flanked by two shell, scroll and flower cast supports to hold a mirror of arched and shaped outline, the reverse with seven 'Girl-in-a-Swing' porcelain rococo plaques painted with bouquets and scattered flower-sprays surrounded by cast and chased rococo scrolls, shells, swags of garden flowers and foliage and with panels of diaper ornament, the two doors each with three 'Girl-in-a-Swing' porcelain rococo panels painted with bouquets and scattered flower-sprays surrounded by cast and chased scrolls, shells, garlands of garden flowers, grapes and fruit flanked by two waterfalls cascading into shell basins, the two doors opening to reveal a triple looking-glass edged with contemporary gold braid, the central glass edged with crimson velvet, surmounted by an enamelled dial watch-movement, the back-plate signed Tho. Inkley London , the bezel set with garnets, flanked by cast and chased scrolls and flowers with figures of Cupid and Chronos, a crowing cockerel above, the hinged top to the casket with two large shaped 'Girl-in-a-Swing' porcelain panels and with smaller subsiduary plaques at the corners surrounded by cast trailing flowers, acanthus leaves and a central tree dividing the two main plaques, a rose forming the clasp, opening to reveal the crimson velvet-lined fitted interior containing
A MAGNIFICENT ROCOCO 'GIRL-IN-A-SWING' PORCELAIN, PARCEL-GILT AND POLISHED STEEL-MOUNTED DRESSING-TABLE CASKET SURMOUNTED BY AN ARCHED TRIPLE LOOKING-GLASS WITH FOLDING DOORS, circa 1755, perhaps the St. James's factory of Charles Gouyn the casket 10 5/8in. (27cm.) wide the mirror 13 3/4in. (35cm.) high 18in. (45cm.) high overall The casket in the form of a commode with serpentine front and sides, the scroll-moulded angles profusely cast with shells and swags of flowers, the sides each with three shaped 'Girl-in-a-Swing' porcelain panels painted with loose bouquets and cast with similar swags and rocaille , the front with three similar plaques above two short drawers, one containing a rectangular gold inkwell and cover and a sander, the other a gold-mounted tortoiseshell double-sided comb and a gold-mounted miniature brush, the back with three 'Girl-in-a-Swing' porcelain panels, the centre panel flanked by two shell, scroll and flower cast supports to hold a mirror of arched and shaped outline, the reverse with seven 'Girl-in-a-Swing' porcelain rococo plaques painted with bouquets and scattered flower-sprays surrounded by cast and chased rococo scrolls, shells, swags of garden flowers and foliage and with panels of diaper ornament, the two doors each with three 'Girl-in-a-Swing' porcelain rococo panels painted with bouquets and scattered flower-sprays surrounded by cast and chased scrolls, shells, garlands of garden flowers, grapes and fruit flanked by two waterfalls cascading into shell basins, the two doors opening to reveal a triple looking-glass edged with contemporary gold braid, the central glass edged with crimson velvet, surmounted by an enamelled dial watch-movement, the back-plate signed Tho. Inkley London , the bezel set with garnets, flanked by cast and chased scrolls and flowers with figures of Cupid and Chronos, a crowing cockerel above, the hinged top to the casket with two large shaped 'Girl-in-a-Swing' porcelain panels and with smaller subsiduary plaques at the corners surrounded by cast trailing flowers, acanthus leaves and a central tree dividing the two main plaques, a rose forming the clasp, opening to reveal the crimson velvet-lined fitted interior containing
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