A DIRCTIORE ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS (LOCRET) PORCELAIN POT-POURRI VASE AND PIERCED COVER

CIRCA 1795, BLUE CROSSED TORCH MARKS

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A DIRCTIORE ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS (LOCRET) PORCELAIN POT-POURRI VASE AND PIERCED COVER
CIRCA 1795, BLUE CROSSED TORCH MARKS
The krater vase with paired lion-mask handles, raised on a square base with toupie feet, the pierced gilt bronze cover on similar gallery, drilled for electricity, lacking finial.
15 ½ in. (39.3 cm.) high (overall)

Provenance

Acquired from Georges de Batz, New York, in 1957.
Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection.

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