A CONTINENTAL ENAMEL AND PEARL-MOUNTED SILVER AND SILVER-GILT MODEL OF...
Formed as a wine-barrel on four wheels and pulled by two horses with blue enameled saddle blankets, the barrel applied throughout with green enamel leaves and bunches of 'grapes' formed of garnet-colored beads, a putto at the reins and two Bacchic putti to the top, a removable hanging basket to each side, the rear with an articulated spigot, on a rectangular base veneered in lapis lazuli, marked 925 atop the rear proper left wheel
161⁄4 in. (41.3 cm.) long, the base
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Formed as a wine-barrel on four wheels and pulled by two horses with blue enameled saddle blankets, the barrel applied throughout with green enamel leaves and bunches of 'grapes' formed of garnet-colored beads, a putto at the reins and two Bacchic putti to the top, a removable hanging basket to each side, the rear with an articulated spigot, on a rectangular base veneered in lapis lazuli, marked 925 atop the rear proper left wheel
161⁄4 in. (41.3 cm.) long, the base