TWO SIMILAR VICTORIAN GILT AND EBONIZED WALNUT BRONZE MOUNTED PEDESTALS

TWO SIMILAR VICTORIAN GILT AND EBONIZED WALNUT BRONZE MOUNTED PEDESTALS
New York, late 19th century
The larger with round molded top with gilt and ebonized edges above a ring and urn-turned shaft over a tripartite separation with brass mounts at ends attached by chains, above a central ring-and-ball turned gilt and ebonized shaft surrounded by three ring-turned and reeded pillars each headed by bronze mounted eagles with outstretched wings, all on a tripartite base; the smaller with similar form and decoration
38½in. high (the larger), 37in. high (the smaller) (2)