A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU CASSOLETTES

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU CASSOLETTES
Each with flaming finial above a waisted neck and revealing a nozzle and urn body, with Greek-key frieze and draped with laurel-leaf swags, above acanthus leaves and waisted stem, on a shaped square plinth base, one numbered 'VI' and one 'I' and 'IIII'
7½ in. (19 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

A pair of cassolettes, of similar form, and with laurel swags is illustrated in N. Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Matthew Boulton, London, 1974, pl. 115.
A related pair was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 25 June 1987, lot 1.

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