A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS THREE-TIER ETAGERES AND A FURTHER MATCHING PAIR
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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS THREE-TIER ETAGERES AND A FURTHER MATCHING PAIR

ONE PAIR EMPIRE, CIRCA 1810; THE OTHER PAIR LATER

Closed30 September 2014

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS THREE-TIER ETAGERES AND A FURTHER MATCHING PAIR
ONE PAIR EMPIRE, CIRCA 1810; THE OTHER PAIR LATER
Each with a finial in the form of a child holding a foliate wreath, the stem applied with graduated dishes above three dancing maidens with musical instruments, on a trellis and leaf-tip stepped plinth, three with replaced dishes
25 ½ in. (65 cm.) high; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) diameter

The Empire pair from the collection of King Louis Philippe (1773-1850) of France; and thence by descent.

Specialist note

Comparable examples can be found in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1989, vol. 2, p. 387, no. 5.16.14.