A CONTINENTAL PAIR OF SILVER-GILT COMPOTES

THE DISH WITH MARKS FOR LONDON, 1866, THE STEMS PROBABLY EASTERN EUROPEAN

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A CONTINENTAL PAIR OF SILVER-GILT COMPOTES
The dish with marks for London, 1866, the stems probably Eastern European
The shaped circular dish flat-chased with radiating arabesque calyx, the sides chased with reserves containing fruit, classical mask and a winged caryatid, with shaped rim, the centering with pinecone finial, on screw-in cylindrical architectural base composed alternate recessed statue and herm, all on four caryatid supports with openwork foliate scroll apron between--8in. (20.3cm.) high 47oz. (2)

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