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CIRCA 1860, THE BASES RESTAURATION CIRCA 1820-40 AND PROBABLY ORIGINALLY SUPPORTING BUSTS
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS URNS ON ASSOCIATED PLINTHS
CIRCA 1860, THE BASES RESTAURATION CIRCA 1820-40 AND PROBABLY ORIGINALLY SUPPORTING BUSTS
Each vase with everted and pearled rim above a tapering fluted body and lozenge-cut cup base, on a fluted spreading socle and hobnail-cut square plinth with stepped base, the Restauration bronze and ormolu stepped square base applied with martial trophies, on a palmette-moulded plinth later inscribed Napoleon
25¼ in. (64 cm.) high, overall (2)
CIRCA 1860, THE BASES RESTAURATION CIRCA 1820-40 AND PROBABLY ORIGINALLY SUPPORTING BUSTS
Each vase with everted and pearled rim above a tapering fluted body and lozenge-cut cup base, on a fluted spreading socle and hobnail-cut square plinth with stepped base, the Restauration bronze and ormolu stepped square base applied with martial trophies, on a palmette-moulded plinth later inscribed Napoleon
25¼ in. (64 cm.) high, overall (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 22 June 1989, lot 18.
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