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PROPERTY OF THE LATE SIR ARTHUR GILBERT TO BE SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GILBERT COLLECTION AT SOMERSET HOUSE
(LOTS 330 - 335)
A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND ROSE QUARTZ VASES
19TH 20TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND ROSE QUARTZ VASES
19TH 20TH CENTURY
Each with pierced domed lid with foliate cap and acorn finial above the shaped body with stiff-leaf rim and spirally twisting handles above a pierced fluted cap, the waisted foot on a square socle with paw feet and on a further base with foliate and banded panels on bun feet, one handle with restored break
12 in. (30 cm.) high (2)
19TH 20TH CENTURY
Each with pierced domed lid with foliate cap and acorn finial above the shaped body with stiff-leaf rim and spirally twisting handles above a pierced fluted cap, the waisted foot on a square socle with paw feet and on a further base with foliate and banded panels on bun feet, one handle with restored break
12 in. (30 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
with Partridge, London, purchased in 1970.
Literature
Conâissance des Arts, October 1996, p. 76.