THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF ITALIAN CLARET-GROUND CYLINDRICAL PEDESTALS, moulded con basso relievo istoriato with a procession of dancing nymphs clad in loose drapery and young men playing musical instruments, some bearing tributes of wine and fruit, divided by saplings in a continuous landscape below billowing clouds, the necks richly gilt with ribbon-tied swags of husks and pendent flowers, the bases with band of scrolling foliage, mounted with bands and feet of gilt-metal and with mottled-orange marble shelves (one with area of restoration at base), blue crowned N marks, 20th century

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN CLARET-GROUND CYLINDRICAL PEDESTALS, moulded con basso relievo istoriato with a procession of dancing nymphs clad in loose drapery and young men playing musical instruments, some bearing tributes of wine and fruit, divided by saplings in a continuous landscape below billowing clouds, the necks richly gilt with ribbon-tied swags of husks and pendent flowers, the bases with band of scrolling foliage, mounted with bands and feet of gilt-metal and with mottled-orange marble shelves (one with area of restoration at base), blue crowned N marks, 20th century
40in. (101.5cm.) high (2)

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