Lot Essay
These cassolettes are made from amazonite which is found in the Ural Mountains in Russia (A. Chenevière, Russian Furniture, The Golden Age 1780-1840, London, 1988, p. 261, fig. 280).
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A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMAZONITE TRIPOD CASSOLETTES
Each with cental urn with foliate and trailing foliage bands below a reversible domed top with berried finial, and fluted candle nozzle, supported by three goat-mask headed monopodia, with lappeted stepped and eared plinth, with inventory marks 'I...L...H...AIS', possibly Russian
7in. (18cm.) high (2)
Each with cental urn with foliate and trailing foliage bands below a reversible domed top with berried finial, and fluted candle nozzle, supported by three goat-mask headed monopodia, with lappeted stepped and eared plinth, with inventory marks 'I...L...H...AIS', possibly Russian
7in. (18cm.) high (2)