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PROPERTY OF A SOUTH AMERICAN ESTATE
A FRENCH SILVER WALL FOUNTAIN
PARIS, CIRCA 1900
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A FRENCH SILVER WALL FOUNTAIN
PARIS, CIRCA 1900
Of heavy gauge; everted baluster form, cast with shells, oak leaves, and bull rushes, with two ring handles and dolphin joins, the fountain centering a putto within a shell above a spout with dolphin spigot, the detachable cover with two seated putto upholding a shell, with a berry finial, marked on cover bezel and body, apparently lacking maker's mark
16 in. (40.6 cm.) long; 151 oz. (4,707 gr.)
PARIS, CIRCA 1900
Of heavy gauge; everted baluster form, cast with shells, oak leaves, and bull rushes, with two ring handles and dolphin joins, the fountain centering a putto within a shell above a spout with dolphin spigot, the detachable cover with two seated putto upholding a shell, with a berry finial, marked on cover bezel and body, apparently lacking maker's mark
16 in. (40.6 cm.) long; 151 oz. (4,707 gr.)