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A Napoleon III-style gilt bronze mounted wooden jardiniere, late 19th century
of serpentine form, the sides decorated with arabesque marquetry and mounted to the fore with an oval porcelain cameo depicting a recumbent amorini with tragic mask, the rim with raised pierced edging, twin foliate handles and fruit-cast swags to the angles, on scroll feet, re-gilt and restorations, painted tole liner -- 15¼in. (38.6cm.) wide
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of serpentine form, the sides decorated with arabesque marquetry and mounted to the fore with an oval porcelain cameo depicting a recumbent amorini with tragic mask, the rim with raised pierced edging, twin foliate handles and fruit-cast swags to the angles, on scroll feet, re-gilt and restorations, painted tole liner -- 15¼in. (38.6cm.) wide
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