A pair of George III ormolu-mounted Blue John, Derbyshire black marble and white marble cassolettes

Later fitted as cassolettes.

Trove, London, 1982

Adapted; elements assembled; later fitted as cassolettes; ormolu associated; very good restored condition; the first with restorations to rim around beading; infilled chips to neck above spreading foot; restorations to two corners of white marble molding to top of pedestal; minor infilling to molding around base of pedestal; infilling to black marble plinth; the other with minor restorations around rim beneath beading; infilling to top of neck at join with body of vase and with some chips; some restoration to spreading foot; restorations to corners of molded edge to top of pedestal; restorations to corners of molding to base of pedestal and to plinth.
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