Lot Essay
A pair of cassolettes of similar form, with alternative mounts and mouldings is illustrated in N. Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Matthew Boulton, London 1974, pl. 114.
Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE III ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE CASSOLETTES
En suite with the preceding lot, each with flaming finial, above a waisted neck revealing a nozzle and urn body, with Greek-key frieze and draped laurel-leaf swags, above acanthus leaves and waisted stem, on a shaped square plinth base, one numbered 'VII' and one 'II'
7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high (2)
En suite with the preceding lot, each with flaming finial, above a waisted neck revealing a nozzle and urn body, with Greek-key frieze and draped laurel-leaf swags, above acanthus leaves and waisted stem, on a shaped square plinth base, one numbered 'VII' and one 'II'
7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 16 November 1990, lot 231.