AN ITALIAN GREEN-PATINATED BRONZE JARDINIERE AND MARBLE PEDESTAL, the jardiniere of oval shape, with a waisted neck, the shoulder cast in high relief with satyr masks above conch shells and with ribbon-tied fruit and foliate pendant swags, flanked by a pair of entwined serpent and fluted loop handles above a pair of winged lion masks, the body cast with figures in high relief to each side, with an oval shield-shaped escutcheon, one cast in high relief with figures at battle, the other surmounted by a coronet flanked by lions and a horse, centred by a shield raised with an outstretched eagle, each flanked by a pair of seated figures, their hands tied behind their backs, on a shaped fluted socle, cast with ram's masks, the stepped foot cast with oval shield-shaped escutcheons between masks, on spreading foot; on a white marble oval plinth of bulbous shape, with a gadrooned shoulder and with four scrolled volute brackets, the front carveed with a shell, on conforming shaped foot, mid-19th Century

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AN ITALIAN GREEN-PATINATED BRONZE JARDINIERE AND MARBLE PEDESTAL, the jardiniere of oval shape, with a waisted neck, the shoulder cast in high relief with satyr masks above conch shells and with ribbon-tied fruit and foliate pendant swags, flanked by a pair of entwined serpent and fluted loop handles above a pair of winged lion masks, the body cast with figures in high relief to each side, with an oval shield-shaped escutcheon, one cast in high relief with figures at battle, the other surmounted by a coronet flanked by lions and a horse, centred by a shield raised with an outstretched eagle, each flanked by a pair of seated figures, their hands tied behind their backs, on a shaped fluted socle, cast with ram's masks, the stepped foot cast with oval shield-shaped escutcheons between masks, on spreading foot; on a white marble oval plinth of bulbous shape, with a gadrooned shoulder and with four scrolled volute brackets, the front carveed with a shell, on conforming shaped foot, mid-19th Century

the jardinere: 32in. (81cm.) wide; 24in. (62.3cm.) high
the plinth: 16in. (40.5cm.) high

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