Lot Essay
A pair of large vases with similar mounts and diamond-cut bodies was sold Christie's London, 20 June 1985, lot 22.
Details
A CHARLES X ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS GARNITURE DE CHEMINÉE
CIRCA 1820
Comprising an amphora-form urn and two smaller urns en suite, each with paterae-cast collar and S-scroll handles cast with leaf-tips and bacchic masks ending in grapes and grape leaf terminals, the body with diamond-cut facets and square stepped base on leaf-tip-cast larger plinth (variations to mounts and cut glass)--height of urn 14½in. (37cm.), height of smaller urns 12¾in. (32.3cm.), 7¾in. (19½cm.) (3)
CIRCA 1820
Comprising an amphora-form urn and two smaller urns en suite, each with paterae-cast collar and S-scroll handles cast with leaf-tips and bacchic masks ending in grapes and grape leaf terminals, the body with diamond-cut facets and square stepped base on leaf-tip-cast larger plinth (variations to mounts and cut glass)--height of urn 14½in. (37cm.), height of smaller urns 12¾in. (32.3cm.), 7¾in. (19½cm.) (3)