A PAIR OF PARIS PARCEL-GILT BLUE-GROUND EWERS
A PAIR OF PARIS PARCEL-GILT BLUE-GROUND EWERS

MID-19TH CENTURY, INCISED K TO BOTH

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A PAIR OF PARIS PARCEL-GILT BLUE-GROUND EWERS
MID-19TH CENTURY, INCISED K TO BOTH
EACH OF GADROONED BALUSTER FORM WITH GILT ENRICHED EVERTED SHELL-FORM SPOUT, THE HANDLE SUPPORTED BY A MERBOY, THE THUMBREST AS A FIGURE HEAD, A SEATED MERMAID HOLDING A SHELL BENEATH THE SPOUT, FINELY PAINTED FRONT AND BACK WITH RICH BOUQUETS INCLUDING LILAC, PANSIES, ROSES, AND TULIPS WITHIN FOLIATE SCROLLS, THE LOWER BODY MOULDED WITH A BAND OF SHELLS, THE CONFORMING OCTAGONAL SOCLE RAISED ON FOUR SCROLL FEET
15½ IN. (39.4 CM.) HIGH (2)

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