A pair of Empire patinated and gilt-bronze cassolettes, circa 1810

Property from a European Private Collection

A pair of Empire patinated and gilt-bronze cassolettes, circa 1810

each with a pierced reversible lid surmounted by a foliate finial, the reverse with a nozzle, the body decorated with bands of stylized foliage flanked to the lower half by handles on either side, raised on a square plinth mounted with a mask depicting Mercury to the front and roundels to the sides, on bun feet

35cm. high; 1ft. 1¾in.