A NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-CRYSTAL TABLE FOUNTAIN, CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY RUSSIAN

A NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-CRYSTAL TABLE FOUNTAIN
CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY RUSSIAN
The gadrooned cover and body flanked by serpent handles and issuing a silvered spout with faceted crystal stopper, above a stepped socle and base, on a plinth cast with oak leaves
24 in. (61 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide; 9 ¾ in. (25 cm.) deep

Provenance
Acquired from William Redford, London, June 1979.

Saleroom Notice
Please note an identical table fountain, almost certainly the present, appears in a photograph of Comtesse de Greffulhe taken by Félix Nadal, circa 1896

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 150 - 155)