Pair of French Neoclassical Cipollino Marble Cassolettes, circa 1870

Pair of French marble and ormolu cassolettes, the removable lids have a pineapple finial, the top of the bases with a reticulated frieze, with twig ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite pair of 1870 Grand Tour Bronze, Gilt Bronze and Marble Bacchahalia Cassolettes after Cloudio A very finely cast and finished pair of Napoleon III period vasiform urns, they are an exquisite sand-cast creation utilizing bronze and gilt bronze to create an extraordinary contrast between materials. The body of the vase is rich in a dark-brown patina that positively glows around the bas-relief Bacchanalia scene of putto playing a tug-of-war type game, carrying wine glasses and bunches of grapes and one walking with a thrysus raised over his shoulder while roaring animal heads flank either end with polished bronze garlands of water-leaves and berries draped between. The lids and necks are crafted of gilt bronze, which gives a cooler tone to the brilliant shine of the metal. The urns are raised over a shaped marble base and finished over a polished bronze rim affixed on the underside with slotted screws. After the models by Claude Michel Clodion. For those of you that are unaware the “Grand Tour” was something educated young people did in the 18th and 19th century to learn and further educate themselves on other cultures, they would pick up small medium and large trinkets as memories of the journey which would sit in pride of place in their library or study as conversation pieces when friends and relatives would visit, they basically proved you were well educated, well travelled and a person of culture. These pair are large, decorative and very important looking pieces of Italian Grand Tour art...

Pair of French Cassolettes has raised floral arabesques on a stipled background and are on a rouge de fer base. The removable top has a reeded dome topped...

This is a stately pair of French marble cassolettes with gilt bronze mounts, 19th century.

A very fine pair of gilt-bronze mounted green cipollino marble vases. Each vase is of baluster form the marble body encircled by laurel and vine le...

Elegant pair of French antique cassolettes or marble urns Love the colour and tone of the marble in cream with flecks of burnt orange and sand colours Great pair of classical amphora...