Pair of Louis XVI North European Neoclassical Ormolu and Marble Potpourris

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A fabulous pair of Louis XVI Northern European neoclassical ormolu mounted marble potpourris. The body of each is hand-carved from a very fine quality peach-ish-colored marble. Each side is flanked with exceptionally cast, hand-chassed, and hand-chiseled dore bronze lions head masks. The marble bodies rest on acanthus leaf dore bronze mounts which are attached to a dore bronze waisting socle, further resting on a square plinth. The rounded socle is finished with leaflet designs and a ridged base. The tops are fitted with gorgeous open-work filigree potpourris with dore bronze vine designs that run around the diameter of each vase. The tops are marble with scalloped dore bronze mounted rim and a dore bronze acorn finial which rests on an acanthus leaf dore bronze mount. Northern Europe, Circa: 1790

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