RARE TABLETOP FIGHTING FOUNTAIN - Lot 169

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Result : 214 140EUR
RARE TABLETOP FIGHTING FOUNTAIN - Lot 169
RARE TABLETOP FIGHTING FOUNTAIN BEAR BAITING the reservoir made of brown salt-glazed stoneware in the shape of a bear in the attitude bear-baiting attitude holding a dog in its forepaws holding a dog in its front paws, with the bear's head forming a removable lid. The object is mounted on a large, specially designed and adapted in finely chased and gilded bronze and gilded with rocaille and foliage foliage. Three Rocaille feet with strong curves. The fountain tap is a sea horse rising from its mount whose mouth forms a spout and whose upper plume is the tap's removable head. England, Nottingham, 18th century, for the ceramics. Germany or France, 18th century, circa 1745 for the frame. Total height: 38 cm - Width: 21.5 cm Depth: 24.5 cm (Wear, accidents and restorations) The reservoir part of our table fountain belongs to a well-documented belongs to a well-documented corpus of objects whose similar similar examples can be found among the curiosities of many collections. This pottery, a folk art from Staffordshire and Nottingham of Staffordshire and Nottingham, were sold as wine or beer jugs and a relative success as a souvenir of the extraordinary and very bloody bear-baiting matches that galvanized England from the 12th to the 19th century. This extremely cruel sport (which particularly fascinated the monarchs Elizabeth I and Henry VIII) consisted of tormenting a chained bear with dogs and burning in an arena known as a "bear garden". garden". On our ceramics, the bear holding a smaller animal animal (which at first glance appears to be a bear cub), is actually holding a dog, which he hugs to death. The bear's removable head also forms the cup needed to consume the drink. The Victoria & Albert Museum holds a copy that is extremely close of our model [Accession number 3690&A- 1901] (Fig.1). The perfectly unique gilded and chased bronze frame which was made to sublimate this simple objet d'art populaire is unmistakably the commission of a powerful man, at the cutting edge of fashion in his day. He made it a luxury object, central to his home, and even - by virtue of its function - at the heart at the heart of table conversation, so that he could evoke to evoke with his guests a battle he had seen in England which we assume was a memorable one!
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