Sale 7384
London
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29 March 2007
Price realised
GBP 24,000
Estimate
A MATCHED SET OF THREE NAPOLEON III ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE BRULE-PARFUMS THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY Each modelled as a putto supporting a foliate-cast twin-handled urn with pierced cover and monogram of a W with coronet, on a rectangular rocaille base cast with an Apollo mask to the centre and grotesque masks to the angles, with splayed feet, on later panelled mahogany plinth The brûle-parfums: 44 in. (112 cm.) high; The plinths: 13 in. (33 cm.) high (3)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's Belgravia, London, 21 June 1978, lot 48 (£11,000).
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