IN THE MUSEUMS
Ewers with a central vase – Louis XVI
Ewers with a central vase made of Serpentine marble and adorned with chiselled gilded bronze ornaments.
Circa 1770–1775.
Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris.
Each ewer is made of Serpentine marble; they are all adorned with chiselled gilded bronze ornaments. They feature a central vase with a doucine lid which is adorned with moulded edges and a Grecian frieze. The three objects rest on moulded chiselled piédouches under which sits a rectangular marble pedestal. At the centre, a leafy frieze adorns the belly. It also holds the base of geometric handles, which are decorated with a Grecian openwork pattern.
