Second half 19th century, cast in vase form with a pair of child triton holding four upswept ram horn cornucopia arms, seated atop scrolled handles with acanthus decoration, with removable bobeches and conforming snuffers, flanked by mascaron reliefs with oak leaf sprays, raised on a paw footed pedestal, unmarked.

14 7/8 x 8 1/2 x 7 in.

Private Collection, California and North Carolina

For similar examples, see Sotheby's, Hubert Guerrand-Hermès Collection, Lannion Hotel, December 14th, 2023, Lot 106; as well as collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Getty Museum, and Pavlovsk Museum. The design of this pair, in comparison to the aforementioned examples listed above, have two stylistic differences seen in the cast design of the upper rim and knop beneath the urn.

Some scattered areas of rubbing to gilt; fitter ends of snuffers with denting; upper arms with a couple of visible separations at casting seam near hands.