A PAIR OF FRENCH CHARLES X ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS VASES

A PAIR OF FRENCH CHARLES X ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS VASES

C.1830

of Campana shape, the rims with stiff leaf decoration, above milled socles, on white marble and porphyry plinth bases and winged lion's paw feet (2)

58cm high, 27cm diameter

Provenance

Sotheby's, Benacre Hall, Suffolk, 9th, 10th, 11th May 2000, Lot 45, 'The Saloon'.

Literature

Lanto Synge, Mallett Millennium, 1999, p.330, pl.428.

Catalogue Note

Benacre Hall, Suffolk is the seat of the Gooch baronets. On the death of Sir John Gooch Bt, the contents were sold by Sotheby's on 9th / 10th and 11th May 2000 and the sale made over £8,000,000 at the time a record for a country house auction.