Lot 11
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A PAIR OF SMALL TABLE-TOP BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SQUARE PLANTERS
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A PAIR OF SMALL TABLE-TOP BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SQUARE PLANTERS

MID-20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE VERSAILLES MODEL

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A PAIR OF SMALL TABLE-TOP BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SQUARE PLANTERS
MID-20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE VERSAILLES MODEL
With removable tin liners, two feet lacking brass plates
7½ in. (19 cm.) high; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) square (2)
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This lot is offered without reserve. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

These minature planters are inspired by those in Louis XIV's Orangery at Versailles. The planters, over five hundred of which came from Vaux-le-Vicomte, housed more than three thousand orange trees, some of which Louis XIV gifted to his maitresse-en-titre Athenäis de Montespan.

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