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A pair of Restauration ormolu casolettes
Each with a domed lid with a gadrooned finial and a nozzle to the reverse, above an everted egg-and-dart rim and a vase-shaped body, the cup with acanthus and lotus leaves, above a spreading circular shaft with ribbon-tied laurel leaf rim, on a square stepped soccle mounted with figures of the four Seasons, set in a foliate rim, on a plinth base
38cm. high (2)
Each with a domed lid with a gadrooned finial and a nozzle to the reverse, above an everted egg-and-dart rim and a vase-shaped body, the cup with acanthus and lotus leaves, above a spreading circular shaft with ribbon-tied laurel leaf rim, on a square stepped soccle mounted with figures of the four Seasons, set in a foliate rim, on a plinth base
38cm. high (2)
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.