Lot Essay
Each cache-pot is painted with two named views of Brazil inspired by engraved topographical plates of Brazil.
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20TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU AND TOLE CACHE POTS
20th Century
Each cache pot of tapering oval form painted on each side with views of Brazil or seascape and mounted with ormolu at the rim, sides, and base, the mounts composed of C-scrolls, S-scrolls, acanthus leaves, and flowering acanthus, and pierced at the handles and base, inscribed OSTIUM/FLUMINIS/PARAYBAE, ARX/NASSOVII, CASTRUM MAURITIJ AD RIPAM/FLUMINIS S.FRANCISCI, BOA VISTA
15½in. (39.5cm.) high, 16¾in. (42.5cm.) wide (2)
20th Century
Each cache pot of tapering oval form painted on each side with views of Brazil or seascape and mounted with ormolu at the rim, sides, and base, the mounts composed of C-scrolls, S-scrolls, acanthus leaves, and flowering acanthus, and pierced at the handles and base, inscribed OSTIUM/FLUMINIS/PARAYBAE, ARX/NASSOVII, CASTRUM MAURITIJ AD RIPAM/FLUMINIS S.FRANCISCI, BOA VISTA
15½in. (39.5cm.) high, 16¾in. (42.5cm.) wide (2)