A good pair of George IV bronze & ormolu cassolettes. The domed tops with pinatum finials, inverting to a gilded candle sconce, above a basket weave border with bronze body and three supports headed by rams masks, hung with chains, ending in hoof feet standing on a stepped circular plinth base. The bases weighted. Retaining the original mercuric gilding.
Height 9 1/4” (23.5cm)
Base diameter 3 7/8” (9.8cm)
English
Circa 1820