Lot Essay
A virtually identical pair of cassolettes was sold anonymously, Sotheby's, Monaco, 9 December 1984, lot 891, when sold with an associated mantel clock.
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CIRCA 1820
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A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU CASSOLETTES
CIRCA 1820
Each with a slender vase-shaped body with foliate rims and winged female herm pilaster handles surmounted by a domed lid with foliate cap and acorn finial reversing to a foliate-capped nozzle, on a waisted milled foot on a square stepped plith with foliate wreath
15 in. (38 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1820
Each with a slender vase-shaped body with foliate rims and winged female herm pilaster handles surmounted by a domed lid with foliate cap and acorn finial reversing to a foliate-capped nozzle, on a waisted milled foot on a square stepped plith with foliate wreath
15 in. (38 cm.) high (2)