A pair of Napoleon III parcel-gilt and patinated bronze urns now mounted as lamps mid-19th century

each with everted rim and applied scrolled handles flanking the tapered cylndrical body, raised on a rectangular marble base.

Bernd Goeckler, New York

Minor marks to the ormolu. Minro marks and old chips to the marble bases. Minor wear to patinated bronzes. Very minor chips to the marble plinth base, with old restorations, as visible from the catalogue illustration. In otherwise very good condition.
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