IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Details
A pair of French ormolu-mounted white marble cassolettes
In the Louis XVI Style, Second half 19th Century
Each with steeply-domed spirally-fluted cover with berry finial, above the foliate-pierced rim, supported on a central stem and three acanthus-cast rams' monopodiae, each headed by a turbanned female bust and joined by foliate swags, on circular foliate-cast and beaded base and circular marble plinth
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high (2)
In the Louis XVI Style, Second half 19th Century
Each with steeply-domed spirally-fluted cover with berry finial, above the foliate-pierced rim, supported on a central stem and three acanthus-cast rams' monopodiae, each headed by a turbanned female bust and joined by foliate swags, on circular foliate-cast and beaded base and circular marble plinth
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale in these rooms, 24 March 1983, lot 12.