Live Auction 5438The Sunday Sale
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED FIELD-MAPLE AND INLAID ORNAMENTAL URN AND COVER
Lot 146

AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED FIELD-MAPLE AND INLAID ORNAMENTAL URN AND COVER

POSSIBLY LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed30 November 2008

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GBP 750

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED FIELD-MAPLE AND INLAID ORNAMENTAL URN AND COVER
Possibly late 18th century
The turned ivory finial above radiating bands of line inlay, the foliate cast side handles and beaded border above a similarly decorated body on a waisted socle
10 in. (25.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

The ormolu-enriched and plinth-supported krater vase, with palm-flowered bowl and domed lid, is conceived in the 1760s French 'Grecian' fashion.