PAIR OF PAINTED ENAMEL JARDINIÈRES AND WOOD STANDS

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

each of rectangular shape with indented corners, raised on four lobed bracket feet, the exterior painted with four panels enclosing lotus sprays, surrounded by further blossoming lotus scrolls on a blue bright blue ground, supported on reticulated stands with matching lotus decoration (2)

30cm long
Provenance:

The collection of Marjorie Goodwin (née Cussons 1902-1983), widely known as 'The Mother of Imperial Leather'.



Marjorie was an international hockey player, who played for England in 1927 before joining the family business, Cussons Sons and Company Ltd as Marketing Director. She created and developed the Imperial Leather brand throughout the 1940s, 50s and 60s before becoming President of the Cussons Group in the 1970s. Marjorie fequently visited Hong Kong on business in the 1950s where she began collecting Chinese art. She continued to pursue her passion for collecting at home, buying from reputed London dealers such as John Sparks.