Lot Essay
A similar pair from the Fermor-Hesketh Collection was sold in these Rooms, 7 July 1988, lot 2. A further related pair was sold in these Rooms, 7 April 1983, lot 2
Various Properties
A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE CASSOLETTES
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE CASSOLETTES
Each with domed circular top surmounted by a foliate collar and a fruiting finial, the reverse with a waisted nozzle, on a laurel wreath-cast brace with three ram-heads suspending tasselled chains, above an ovoid body, supported by three ram-headed monopodiae with central turned baluster shaft, and on a reeded and stiff-leaf base, on a stepped circular plinth with rope-twist edge, one stamped 01, the other 8
9½in. (24cm.) high (2)
Each with domed circular top surmounted by a foliate collar and a fruiting finial, the reverse with a waisted nozzle, on a laurel wreath-cast brace with three ram-heads suspending tasselled chains, above an ovoid body, supported by three ram-headed monopodiae with central turned baluster shaft, and on a reeded and stiff-leaf base, on a stepped circular plinth with rope-twist edge, one stamped 01, the other 8
9½in. (24cm.) high (2)