A FRENCH ORMOLU AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL LIQUEUR CASKET
Lot 23

A FRENCH ORMOLU AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL LIQUEUR CASKET

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed20 September 2012

Price Realised

GBP 10,000

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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL LIQUEUR CASKET
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The frame cast with leaves and set all-over with iridescent shells, the hinged lid surmounted by an associated ormolu figure of cupid and enclosing a removable rack with three hobnail-cut carafes and nine glasses, on a pierced rocaille foot
22 in. (57 cm.) high

Specialist note

A similar liqueur casket sold from the collection of Maria Felix, Christie's, New York, 17-18 July 2007, lot 134 ($13,200).