Lot 73
  • 73

A pair of Restauration ormolu-mounted glass vases, now mounted as lamps possibly Russian, circa 1825

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • glass, bronze
  • height of object 21 in.; height with fittings 36 in.
  • 53.5 cm; 91.5 cm

Literature

Gladys Freeman, "The Setting is French," Town and Country, November 1962, p. 107

Condition

Wired for electrcity. One vase with old brake to shaft; later reinforced with ormolu mount as visible in illustration. Winged figures loose. Ormolu with some oxidation and surface dirt. Glass with scattered chips and losses; almost exclusively to square plinths where the largest losses are to edges and corners.
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