A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS VASES

These superb vases relate to the oeuvre of the fondeur-ciseleur Antoine-Philippe Pajot (d. 1781), who produced furniture mounts (supplied notably to Adrien Delorme, Antoine Gosselin, Jean-François Leleu, Pierre Macret and Pierre Pioniez), and mounts for porcelain, glass, rock crystal and hardstones.

He seems to have specialised in glass and rock crystal as the 1777 inventory of his workshop lists 'dix sept pieces en cristal de roches destinés a former trois vases', for the marchand-mercier Antoine Magnien, as well as considerable work mounting porcelain, such as three blue glass vases sent by the marchand-mercier Jean-Bertin Tesnier, to be mounted.

A pair of related vases stamped by Pajot were sold from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, 22/23 March 1991, lot 868.