A Louis XVI blue ground Paris porcelain, ormolu and marble mounted ewer, circa 1785, in the manner of Designs by Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813), of balter 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 plinth42cm highThe design of the present lot relates to works Gouthierepleted 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 Rsinger, 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, 1st December 2003, Lot 89.See also Sotheby's, New York, Important English and European Decorative Arts, 9th June 2014, Lot 75.