A REGENCE ORMOLU, BRASS, TIN AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID ENCRIER with two octagonal wells cast with latticework, one with a sander, the shaped base with top inlaid en contre partie with foliate scrolls and fleur-de-lys, the frieze cast with lambrequins and mounted with bearded satyr masks, on hairy paw feet
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A REGENCE ORMOLU, BRASS, TIN AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID ENCRIER with two octagonal wells cast with latticework, one with a sander, the shaped base with top inlaid en contre partie with foliate scrolls and fleur-de-lys, the frieze cast with lambrequins and mounted with bearded satyr masks, on hairy paw feet
14in. (35.5cm.) wide
Lot Essay
An encrier of identical form but with three wells is in Fouquet's ante-room at Vaux-le-Vicomte