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MID-18TH CENTURY
Details
FOUR NEAPOLITAN GOLD-INLAID TORTOISESHELL PIQUE POTS AND COVERS
Mid-18th century
En suite with the preceeding lot, each with a circular domed lid with foliate-trailed edge and scrolling acanthus and floral band, with butterflies, surmounted by a spherical finial, the waisted body with vignettes of birds and butterflies within conforming borders, one with label inscribed 13, two with birds to the underside
Two 3¾in. (9.5cm)high, one 3½in. (9cm.)high, one 3¼in. (8.5cm.)high
Mid-18th century
En suite with the preceeding lot, each with a circular domed lid with foliate-trailed edge and scrolling acanthus and floral band, with butterflies, surmounted by a spherical finial, the waisted body with vignettes of birds and butterflies within conforming borders, one with label inscribed 13, two with birds to the underside
Two 3¾in. (9.5cm)high, one 3½in. (9cm.)high, one 3¼in. (8.5cm.)high
Provenance
The Property of the late Hon. Angela Baring sold by order of the Executors, Christie's London, 4 July 1996, lot 203, (£4,025)