Live Auction 5706The Opulent Eye - 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND GLASS TAZZE
Lot 108

A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND GLASS TAZZE

BY THOMIRE, CIRCA 1815-20

Closed20 September 2012

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A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND GLASS TAZZE
BY THOMIRE, CIRCA 1815-20
Each with circular cut glass dished top with three swag-bearing putti around a ring-handle, above a foliate-cast band, on a leaf-cast plinth and palmette-headed feet, stamped 'THOMIRE A PARIS', originally with further tiers
10½ in. (26.5 cm.) high; 10¾ in. (27.5 cm) diameter (2)

By repute, presented by Napoleon to Count Tolstoi, Russian Ambassador in Paris, by whom brought back to Russia and subsequently acquired in Russia by a British Ambassador.
Bought from E. Mollo, 3 May 1949.
Milden - A Scottish Lodge, Christie's, London, 20 January 2005, lot 115.