
Fergus Gambon
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Provenance:
Garrick Bond Collection
The famous Goat and Bee jug was probably modelled by Nicholas Sprimont even though doubt has been cast on the silver examples bearing his mark. A possible source for the design was suggested by Zorka Hodgson, Sources of inspiration for the Goat and Bee jug, ECC Trans, Vol.14, pt 1, p 40, figs 21 and 22, where a woodblock print by Domenico Campagnols (1500-67) was suggested. Other authors have suggested a rococo vase drawn by Boucher and engraved by Hurquier, circa 1740 as a more likely source. A similar white example from the Zorka Hodgson Collection was sold by Bonhams 10 September 2008, lot 8 and another on 12 November 2014, lot 78.