A FRENCH GILT-METAL AND CUT-GLASS TANTALUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
A FRENCH GILT-METAL AND CUT-GLASS TANTALUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
comprising three diamond-cut rectangular decanters and stoppers, with canted corners and twelve liqueur glasses, on a gilt-metal stand with carrying handle, locking mechanism to the top section, lyre-shaped end sections on a rectangular openwork stand, pierced and cast in the neo-classical taste
the stand 30.5 cm., 12 in high, 30.5 cm., 12 in wide and 19.5 cm., 7¾ in deep, each decanter 22 cm., 7⅝ in. high
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Condition Report:
Overall of good appearance and in good order.
one stopper has minor chipping to the base (not visible when the stopper is in the decanter). Some scattered very minor chipping to the cutting. One liqueur glass has a short crack to the rim and another has a minute chip.
The stand has some slight verdigris and some patches of wear. Both keys are intact.
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A FRENCH GILT-METAL AND CUT-GLASS TANTALUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
comprising three diamond-cut rectangular decanters and stoppers, with canted corners and twelve liqueur glasses, on a gilt-metal stand with carrying handle, locking mechanism to the top section, lyre-shaped end sections on a rectangular openwork stand, pierced and cast in the neo-classical taste
the stand 30.5 cm., 12 in high, 30.5 cm., 12 in wide and 19.5 cm., 7¾ in deep, each decanter 22 cm., 7⅝ in. high
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Condition Report:
Overall of good appearance and in good order.
one stopper has minor chipping to the base (not visible when the stopper is in the decanter). Some scattered very minor chipping to the cutting. One liqueur glass has a short crack to the rim and another has a minute chip.
The stand has some slight verdigris and some patches of wear. Both keys are intact.
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