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Lot 628
Sale 5331 - English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
May 22, 2012
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$2,800
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Fine Sevres opalescent glaze porcelain and gilt bronze mounted lamp circa 1840
The lift-off lid over acanthus scroll cast rim and bulbous baluster urn, the slender neck painted to show two cherubs, the body painted to show a maiden in robes with floral garlands, he reverse painted to show musical instruments and classical motifs, the whole gilt decorated to show foliate scrolls, lattice, urns, and raised dots; raised on a gilt bronze base cast to show masks and cartouches. Stamped with Crown Sevres mark for 1830-1848 beneath the lid.
H: 18 in.