A FRENCH GILT ALTAR SET

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH GILT ALTAR SET
Late 19th Century
Comprising a tray and a pair of cruets, the waved oval tray with scrolled borders decorated overall with fruiting grapevines and cattails, with four medallions depicting scences from the Book of Revelations, the cruets with hinged lids decorated with a cluster of grapes or a loaf of bread, issuing scrolling vine-form handles on circular bases
The tray 12in. (32cm.) long
The cruets 6in. (15cm.) high (3)

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