Lot 154
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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE CASSOLETTES
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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE CASSOLETTES

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE CASSOLETTES
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with a wine-krater vase headed by a pierced frieze and a reversible lid with a fruited foliate finial on one side and with a poppy flower-shaped candle branch on the other, the body centred by a winged mask and flanked by elephant's mask handles, its base with a foliage and flower frieze, on a circular spreading shaft, on a square base decorated with figures and vases, on a stepped plinth
15 in. (38 cm.) high, closed; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) high, open; 4¼ in. (11 cm.) wide; 4 in. (10 cm.) deep (2)
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Lot Essay

With their unusual elephant handles, symbolic of Fame, these cassolettes are an original variant of a popular early 19th Century type. Closely related elephant-heads appear on wall-lights, sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 23 April 1998, lot 229.

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