Pr. Louis XVI French Dore Bz. Mntd Carrara Marble Potpourri’s, Att. Henry Dasson

Product Description

A magnificent pair of French 19th century Louis XVI style dore bronze mounted maiden mask handel potpourri’s, attributed to Henry Dasson. Each is made of the finest quality of white carrara marble and the finest cast, hand-chassed and hand-chiseled two-tone dore bronze mounts. The bodies are each of urn form with foliate dore bronze mounts. The foliate mounts vine off the maiden mask handles which flank the sides of each of the vases. The upper open fret-work section is beautifully chassed and finished with two-tone gold. The body is held-up by dore bronze acanthus leaf foliate, which runs down a fluted narrowing neck with acanthus leaf border base. The circular dore bronze mount rests on a rectangular base which is further mounted on a square dore bronze mount. The tops are each carved of fine quality white Carrara marble with a dore bronze acorn finials.
French, Circa: 1800’s.

Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)
Width: 5 in (12.7 cm)
Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)