french-engine-turned-gilt-brass-lidded-compote
Lot 335
French Engine-Turned Gilt Brass Lidded Compote
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, intricate beaded, geometric and scaled registers adorn both the lid and the bowl, both of which terminate in pineapple finials, three-legged form, each support topped with the bust of a Grecian sphinx and ending in lion-paw feet, the whole affixed to a base of polished green marble having white inclusions.

11.5 in.

The Collection of Albert Koonce Harrison, Charlotte, NC

Some small areas of green verdigris and casting debris on and around the sphinxes.

$600 - 900