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Lot 121

A pair of black basalt commemorative coffee pots and covers of Wellington interest, circa 1815

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£500 - £800

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A pair of black basalt commemorative coffee pots and covers of Wellington interest, circa 1815

Of shouldered neoclassical form with scroll handles, both moulded in relief to one side with a portrait bust, one titled 'WELLINGTON' and the other 'BLUCHER', the reverse with clasped hands holding the caduceus flanked by cornucopias of fruit, above a banner titled 'LA BELLE ALIANCE [sic]', alternating with small trophies suspended from ribbons, the bases and high domed covers with formal stiff-leaf borders, 24.8cm high (4)

Footnotes

La Belle Alliance is an inn situated a few miles south of Brussels, close to where Field Marshal Prince Blücher and the Duke of Wellington met after the Battle of Waterloo to signify the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Blücher suggested that the battle be remembered as 'La Belle Alliance' to commemorate the European members of the Seventh Coalition but Wellington suggested it instead be named Waterloo after the village just north of the battlefield.

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