Gilt Bronze Master Salt with Cherub Handles
Gilt Bronze Master Salt with Cherub Handles
Gilt Bronze Master Salt with Cherub Handles
Gilt Bronze Master Salt with Cherub Handles
Gilt Bronze Master Salt with Cherub Handles
Gilt Bronze Master Salt with Cherub Handles
Gilt Bronze Master Salt with Cherub Handles
Gilt Bronze Master Salt with Cherub Handles

Gilt Bronze Master Salt with Cherub Handles

€170,00Tax included.

A finely cast gilt bronze master salt in the Renaissance taste. The oval shell-form bowl is chased with foliate ornament and centred by a bearded mask, the rim rising at either end to a seated cherub forming the handles. It stands on a knopped baluster stem above a shaped quatrefoil foot cast with scrolls and grotesque masks. A jewel-like table ornament that works equally well as a small vide-poche or cabinet piece.

Provenance: John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers, lot 266, August 2025; acquired by Urnica.
Condition: Rich, even gilding; no losses noted.
Dimensions: 13 × 14 × 9 cm
Materials: Gilt bronze
Origin: France
Date: 19th century

Shipping quoted on request; collection from Meda welcome.

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