Details
The first on a circular domed foot chased with strapwork, foliate scrolls, and masks, rising to a stem flanked by four winged lion monopodia and scrolls, the body chased with further strapwork, foliate scrolls, and flowering urns, the conforming domed cover surmounted by a finial formed as a soldier with spear and shield, marked on foot rim, unidentified, and with Russian import mark; The second on a domed foot chased with lobes and strapwork, the knopped stem applied with foliate scrolls and term figures, the body further chased with foliate scrolls and cherub masks, the conforming domed cover surmounted by a finial formed as a soldier with spear and shield standing on openwork scrolled acanthus, marked on base rim, unidentified, further marked on upper rim and flange of cover overstruck by import marks for William Moering, London, 1898
2514 in. (64.2 cm.) high, the first
104 oz. 2 dwt. (3,238 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 May 2010, lot 62 (the first).
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