PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT BRONZE AND BLOODSTONE CASSOLETTE CANDLESTICKS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: Day 2 - Thurs 15th May from 10am | Lots 314 to 602
Description
in the form of pots pourri / perfume burners, of athenienne shape with tapered ovoid bodies with moulded rosette rims supported on three rams' head mask monopodia with hoof feet, the reversible domed covers with berry finial and candle nozzles, on tripartite base centred by a rosette (2)
Dimensions
18cm high, 5.5cm diameter
Footnote
For an auction comparable, see Sotheby's, London, STONE II, 11 December 2020, lot 90, 'A pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted blood stone pots pourri, late 19th century', a pair of the same size and very similar design, Sold for £3780