A Louis XVI blue ground Paris porcelain and ormolu and marble mounted ewer, circa 1785, in the manner of designs by Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813), of baluster form, the berried and foliate scroll handle surmounted with a balancing putto leaning over an everted lip cast with goat and satyr masks, on three feline monopodia above a concaved triangular base with a central rosette, on a further rouge marble plinth, 42cm high The design of the present lot relates to works Gouthiere completed for the Duc d'Aumont, which were recorded in the 1782 auction of the Duc's collection. The porcelain is possibly by the successful Parisian manufactory of Locre and Russinger, who specialised in fine porcelain in imitation of popular German designs such as Meissen. A similar example with marks for Locre was sold Christie's London, December 1, 2003, lot 89.See also Sotheby's New York, Important English and European Decorative Arts, 9 June 2014, lot 75.