A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED PORPHYRY PASTILLE-BURNERS
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED PORPHYRY PASTILLE-BURNERS

LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED PORPHYRY PASTILLE-BURNERS
Late 18th Early 19th Century
Each with an urn with a pair of spirally-twisted handles below a spirally-pierced pinched neck, below a domed top with an associated bird on a ball finial, the base of the dome with upspringing gadrooning, on a pair of addorsed dolphins, on a rounded rectangular stepped plinth base
11 in. (30 cm.) high; 6 in. (15 cm.) wide; 5 in. (10.5 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
The late Ren Fribourg, sold Sotheby's London, 18 October 1963, lot 740.
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 2 December 1971, lot 9.

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