A PAIR OF FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MARBLE URNS, FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER OF 19TH CENTURY

A PAIR OF FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MARBLE URNS, FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER OF 19TH CENTURY

each of narrow ovoid form in green marble, two-handled, the looped handles formed as a pair of sphinxes, the body mounted with a pair of cornucopias and a fliate band, the pierced cover terminating in a laurel wreath finial, supported by square plinths, marked F. BARBEDIENNE on base; overall height of each: 51 cm (20 in.)

CONDITION
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