A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED ALABASTER CASSOULETTES

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED ALABASTER CASSOULETTES

Each with a domed lid and a foliate pomegranite finial reversing to a waisted, beaded and guilloche-cast cup bearing a vase-shaped body mounted with goat's-head masks joined by floral swags, on curved retangular supports ending in foliate hoof feet, the stepped circular base with beading above a frieze of laurel and berry, raised on inverted toupie feet--11½in. (27.9cm.) high (2)

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