Paar vergoldete Jardinièren Height: 101 cm. Width: 70 cm. Depth: 42 cm. France, around 1880. Cast bronze or zinc salon objects in the Régence style. On trestle feet on a rectangular base, the canted, tapered legs standing over corners, with relief ornaments in their fluting. Connected by C-shaped struts ending in a balustrated decorative vase and supporting the low, à jour body with mascaron decoration and corner decorative vases with ring accompaniment. Zinc tub. (1401261) (13) A pair of gilt jardinières Height: 101 cm. Width: 70 cm. Depth: 42 cm. France, ca. 1880 (†)

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