Footed Bowl

by 1890 - 1893
Frédéric Spitzer (1815-1890), Paris, France [1]

- 1933
Dr. von Frey [possibly Count Dr. Alexander von Frey, (1882-1951), Luzerne, Switzerland, and Paris, France] [2]

1933/06/12
At auction, "Tableaux anciens, tableaux modernes; objets d'art de haute curiosité du XVIIIe siècle et d'Extrême-Orient, composant la collection de Mr. de Frey," Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, lot no. 179, purchased by Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., Inc., New York, NY [3]

1933 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., Inc. [4]

Notes:
[1] See [Spitzer, Frédéric. "La collection Spitzer: antiquité, moyen-âge, renaissance." Paris: Maison Quantin, 1891, vol. III, cat. no. 38, p. 23]; and at auction, ["Objets d'art et de haute curiosité, antiques, du moyen-âge & de la renaissance, composant l'importante et précieuse Collection Spitzer," Paris, April 17, 1893, lot no. 2033].

[2] Per Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., Inc. invoice dated June 26, 1933 [SLAM document files]. Per catalogue record, Dr. von Frey is referred to as "de Frey" [SLAM document files]. This provenance is further confirmd by the inclusion of the bowl in the auction of von Fry's collection, "Tableaux anciens, tableaux modernes; objets d'art de haute curiosité du XVIIIe siècle et d'Extrême-Orient, composant la collection de M. de Frey," Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, lot no. 179.

[3] See note [2].

[4] For invoice, see note [2]; Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control, City Art Museum, July 6, 1933.