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Lot 56

Sale 6228 - English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Oct 7, 2014 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000
Price Realized
$34,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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Pair of Minton pâte-sur-pâte olive green ground Pompeiian vases and covers decorated by marc-louis solon (french, 1835-1913), retailed by a.b. daniell & sons,

The classical form urn decorated to the shoulder with brown and gilt radials and mounted to each side with upraised handles, above a tapering ovoid body finely decorated in cream slip to show a seated classical maiden offering fruit to a chained putti resting atop his cage, the obverse depicting a putti in lion skin resting in window frame; the other urn depicting a maiden raising a switch to a chained putti, the obverse with putti resting on a captain's wheel, the vignettes alternating with gilt and green stylized tendrils below each handle, raised on socle and wide foot encircled by a Greek key border, signed L. Solon, the underside with retailer's mark for A.B. Daniell & Sons, London. (2).

H: 14 3/4, D: 10 3/4 in.

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