Lot 306
  • 306

A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED VERDE ANTICO BRÛLE PARFUM LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY |

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • 43cm. high; 1ft. 5in.
each with goat's head monopodiae on tri-form marble bases

Provenance

One of the present pair appears in a portrait of Mrs Ion Harrison by Francis Cadell (1883-1937) from 1932. See The Harrison Collection, these rooms, 12 June 2018, lot 113.

Condition

Gilt bronze tarnished. Restoration to feet, some with cushion to ensure the stability of the object. Minor chip to stone at the edges of the base. Good order.
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