Of baluster form, the detachable cover with openwork scrolling design, with cast rocailles and pine cone finials, the fluted body cast with flowers and rocailles, with two scroll handles, the tap with an openwork handle, the foot with a scrolling openwork band, on a square base with four bracket feet, with ivory insulators, interior gilt, marked throughout
20¹⁄₂ in. (52 cm.) high
154.6 oz. (4,807 gr.) gross

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