Lot Essay
For a pair of vases with a similar colour combination see Edith Mannoni, Opalines, p. 48.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A French two-colour opaline and ormolu-mounted two-handled tazza
CIRCA 1830
Details
A French two-colour opaline and ormolu-mounted two-handled tazza
Circa 1830
The shallow amethyst bowl with everted 'boule de savon' border beneath an amethyst rim, supported on an amethyst stem and circular foot, the two ormolu scroll handles with bird-of-prey finials and the foot applied with a pierced ormolu mount with stiff leaf border
6 3/4in. (17cm.) wide
Circa 1830
The shallow amethyst bowl with everted 'boule de savon' border beneath an amethyst rim, supported on an amethyst stem and circular foot, the two ormolu scroll handles with bird-of-prey finials and the foot applied with a pierced ormolu mount with stiff leaf border
6 3/4in. (17cm.) wide
Provenance
Anon, sale Sotheby's, 3 December 1979, lot 210.