A PARIS PARCEL GILT-BISCUIT APRICOT-GROUND RETICULATED CENTERPIECE
A PARIS PARCEL GILT-BISCUIT APRICOT-GROUND RETICULATED CENTERPIECE

CIRCA 1825

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A PARIS PARCEL GILT-BISCUIT APRICOT-GROUND RETICULATED CENTERPIECE
Circa 1825
The pierced navette-shape basket supported on the heads of two winged angels wearing chitons kneeling as caryatids, circular cushioned rings on their heads helping support the weight of the basket, the sides of the conforming base with biscuit rosettes atop biscuit acanthus, the whole gilt, raised on four paw feet

12½ in. (31.7 cm.) high; 12¾ in. (32.4 cm.) wide