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A GEORGE III PASTE-SET AND SILVER-MOUNTED ORMOLU DRESSING TABLE MIRROR WITH AUTOMATON AND MUSICAL MOVEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES COX, LONDON, CIRCA 1775
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2022年10月23日 开拍 / 2022年10月21日 截止委托
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A GEORGE III PASTE-SET AND SILVER-MOUNTED ORMOLU DRESSING TABLE MIRROR WITH AUTOMATON AND MUSICAL MOVEMENT
ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES COX, LONDON, CIRCA 1775
CASE: the oval adjustable double-sided dressing mirror within a molded frame mounted with silver foliage, the interior of the case engraved with an arrow and an upside-down 5, both mirror plates replaced, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
AUTOMATON: the base with automaton panels on each side, the six-tune pin barrel musical movement with fifteen hammers striking eight bells, driven by a fusee movement
19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm.) high, 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm.) wide, 7 in. (17.8 cm.) deep

A GEORGE III PASTE-SET AND SILVER-MOUNTED ORMOLU DRESSING TABLE MIRROR WITH AUTOMATON AND MUSICAL MOVEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES COX, LONDON, CIRCA 1775 CASE: the oval adjustable double-sided dressing mirror within a molded frame mounted with silver foliage, the interior of the case engraved with an arrow and an upside-down 5, both mirror plates replaced, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label AUTOMATON: the base with automaton panels on each side, the six-tune pin barrel musical movement with fifteen hammers striking eight bells, driven by a fusee movement 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm.) high, 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm.) wide, 7 in. (17.8 cm.) deep The Hon. Daisy Fellowes (1890-1962). Rosamond Daisy Fellowes (1921-1998). James Reginald Gladstone (b. 1943), Donnington Grove, Newbury, Berkshire. A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 20 November 1986, lot 131. Acquired from Partridge, London, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1997. COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: Clare Le Corbeiller, 'James Cox: A Biographical Review', The Burlington Magazine, June 1970, pp. 350-358. Catherine Pagani, 'The Clocks of James Cox', Apollo, January 1988, pp. 15-22. Lu Yangzhen (chief editor), Timepieces Collected by the Qing Emperors in the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1995. Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Atglen, 1999, pp. 165-177. Roger Smith, 'James Cox: A Revised Biography', The Burlington Magazine, June 2000, pp. 353-361. Wely/van Leeuwen/Lefeber-Morsman/Smith/Fuxiang/Xueling, Treasures from the Forbidden City, Museum Speelklok, Utrecht, 2010. Ian White, English Clocks for the Eastern Markets, Ticehurst, 2012, pp. 165-175. San Francisco Fall Antiques Show, October 29-November 2, 1993, Loan Exhibition. Please note lots marked with a square will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) on the last day of the sale. Lots are not available for collection at Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services until after the third business day following the sale. All lots will be stored free of charge for 30 days from the auction date at Christie’s Rockefeller Center or Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn). Operation hours for collection from either location are from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm, Monday-Friday. After 30 days from the auction date property may be moved at Christie’s discretion. Please contact Post-Sale Services to confirm the location of your property prior to collection. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn). Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. Please note lots marked with a square will be move… Read more
Lot Essay JAMES COX AND HIS LOTTERY OF 1775 James Cox (1723 - 1800) operated as a jeweler and goldsmith from his London premises at Shoe Lane, off Fleet Street. He was perhaps more in the style of a Continental marchand mercier as he also acted as agent for a number of Swiss watchmakers. His entrepreneurial nature led him to purchase the Chelsea Porcelain Factory from Nicholas Sprimont in 1769, only to sell it the following year to William Duesbury's Derby concern. The St. James's Chronicle of 27-29 August 1772 reported that a shipment of 'English Toys' had been refused entry to China and had returned to London. This appears to have been the impetus behind Cox's opening of a ‘Museum’ at Spring Gardens, Charing Cross, where the paying public could view his stock in trade. It was in the kunstkammer tradition and such private museums of curiosities were much in evidence at this period; such as Sir Ashton Lever's 'Leverian' (opened 1775) and later William Bullock's 'Egyptian Hall' (opened 1811). Cox's Museum ceased in 1775 when the contents were sold via a Public Lottery. This unusual toilet-mirror seems to correspond exactly with the description of one included in James Cox's lottery, 'The Several Exquisite and Magnificent Pieces of Mechanism and Jewelry' from his Museum in Spring Gardens. The description reads: 'Piece The Fifth A Musical Chime, with mechanical movements It is contained within a richly ornamented pedestal, which stands on feet of jeweler's work; on every side, within frames of jeweler, are figures, animals, and other pleasing objects in progressive motion: the pedestal supports an elegant toilet dressing glass, and on the back of the glass is a concave magnifying mirror; the glass turns on a swivel so that either side may be used at pleasure, and is calculated to adorn the commode of the greatest personage'. Pieces 'the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth' were similar (probably identical) examples. DAISY FELLOWES Along with a number of other pieces in the Getty collection, including a whimsical Russian armchair, Nijinsky's portrait by Blanche, and the superb chandelier by Galle, among others, this chair was once in the collection of the Hon. Daisy Fellowes (née Marguerite Séverine Philippine Decazes de Glücksberg, 1890-1962), a renowned society figure and celebrated fashion icon and tastemaker. Her apartment at 69 rue de Lille was decorated by Georges Geffroy (1903-1971), the prominent Parisian society decorator, who designed the interiors for the H?tel Lambert for Baron Alexis de Rédé in 1948 and also the renowned Parisian apartment of Loel and Gloria Guinness, later owned by Nelia Barletta de Cates at 18 Avenue Matignon, among many others.

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