A PAIR OF CONSULAT ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREY AND PINK PORPHYRY VASES CIRCA 1800, THE MOUNTS POSSIBLY BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE
Of ovoid form, each with berry finial with foliate moulding, mounted with handles modelled as female masks, the body with laurel moulding, on turned circular socles on a moulded square plinth
15 in. (38 cm.) high; 8 in. (20 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to Alexander Baring, 1st Lord Ashburton (1774-1848) for The Grange, Northington, Hampshire, circa 1817;
thence by descent.
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Of ovoid form, each with berry finial with foliate moulding, mounted with handles modelled as female masks, the body with laurel moulding, on turned circular socles on a moulded square plinth
15 in. (38 cm.) high; 8 in. (20 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to Alexander Baring, 1st Lord Ashburton (1774-1848) for The Grange, Northington, Hampshire, circa 1817;
thence by descent.
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