Lot 152
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A NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-CRYSTAL TABLE FOUNTAIN
A NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-CRYSTAL TABLE FOUNTAIN
A NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-CRYSTAL TABLE FOUNTAIN
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A NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-CRYSTAL TABLE FOUNTAIN

CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY RUSSIAN

Details
A NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-CRYSTAL TABLE FOUNTAIN
CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY RUSSIAN
The gadrooned cover and body flanked by serpent handles and issuing a silvered spout with faceted crystal stopper, above a stepped socle and base, on a plinth cast with oak leaves
24 in. (61 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide; 9 ¾ in. (25 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from William Redford, London, June 1979.
Sale room notice
Please note an identical table fountain, almost certainly the present, appears in a photograph of Comtesse de Greffulhe taken by Félix Nadal, circa 1896

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Lot Essay

An identical table fountain, almost certainly the present, appears in a photograph by Félix Nadal of Parisian socialite and fashion icon Élisabeth de Caraman-Chimay, Comtesse de Greffulhe, pictured in her "Lilly Dress," circa 1896.
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