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THE ESTATE OF FRANK JOHNSON HIGHTOWER
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU CHENETS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU CHENETS
Late 19th Century
The baluster urn with flaming finial and bearded grotesque masks to either side hung with and issuing berried laurel leaf garlands upon a waisted gadrooned socle, the breakfronted base with circular center flanked by pierced apertures, cast with pattera and guilloche bands overall, the leaf tip-cast and bracketed lower edge upon ball feet
18½in. (47cm.) high, 22in. (56cm.) wide (2)
Late 19th Century
The baluster urn with flaming finial and bearded grotesque masks to either side hung with and issuing berried laurel leaf garlands upon a waisted gadrooned socle, the breakfronted base with circular center flanked by pierced apertures, cast with pattera and guilloche bands overall, the leaf tip-cast and bracketed lower edge upon ball feet
18½in. (47cm.) high, 22in. (56cm.) wide (2)