A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND BLUE-GLAZED EARTHENWARE...
Each with a three-branch candelabrum with berried finial above a part-fluted shaft with guilloche band issuing three S-scrolled paneled and husk-trailed branches with jointed middle-section issuing from up springing acanthus and terminating in a stiff-leaf and ribbon-twist dished drip-pan and fluted urn-shaped nozzle above a fruiting finial, the lower section with a channeled border above a pierced Vitruvian-scroll band frieze supported by a laurel band with lion-mask ring-handles to each side joined by swagged lions pelts, the tapering ovoid body above a ribbon-tied reeded collar and waisted, spreading guilloche socle with acanthus overlay, on a further guilloche-paneled circular plinth and Greek-key paneled square base, lacking lids and the candelabra branches now fixed, restored breaks to earthenware bodies
161⁄2 in. (42 cm) high, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide
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Each with a three-branch candelabrum with berried finial above a part-fluted shaft with guilloche band issuing three S-scrolled paneled and husk-trailed branches with jointed middle-section issuing from up springing acanthus and terminating in a stiff-leaf and ribbon-twist dished drip-pan and fluted urn-shaped nozzle above a fruiting finial, the lower section with a channeled border above a pierced Vitruvian-scroll band frieze supported by a laurel band with lion-mask ring-handles to each side joined by swagged lions pelts, the tapering ovoid body above a ribbon-tied reeded collar and waisted, spreading guilloche socle with acanthus overlay, on a further guilloche-paneled circular plinth and Greek-key paneled square base, lacking lids and the candelabra branches now fixed, restored breaks to earthenware bodies
161⁄2 in. (42 cm) high, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide
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