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CIRCA 1790-1800
Details
A NEOCLASSICAL URN AND COVER
CIRCA 1790-1800
Of European silver shape, decorated front and back with pink-ground medallions featuring busts wearing olive-wreaths within a foliate radiating surround, the entwined strap handles with berried terminals, the stepped base with fluted iron-red and purple bands, the cover with stem finial
14¼ in. (36.1 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1790-1800
Of European silver shape, decorated front and back with pink-ground medallions featuring busts wearing olive-wreaths within a foliate radiating surround, the entwined strap handles with berried terminals, the stepped base with fluted iron-red and purple bands, the cover with stem finial
14¼ in. (36.1 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
The Mildred R. and Rafi Y. Mottahedeh Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 19 October 2000, lot 356
Literature
D.S. Howard and J. Ayers, op. cit., vol. II, pp. 558-559, pl. 577