Pair of C19th French Gilded Bronze and Shell Dished Tazzas or Bonbonières.

Pair of C19th French gilded bronze and shell dished tazzas or bonbonières.

Stylish pair of gilt-bronze mounted nacre shell oval tazzas raised on naturalistic cast bases with coiled serpent handles . The whole raised on rounded corner rectangular black Belgio Nero marble bases.

The oval shell bodies fitted in shaped bespoke mounts with engraved decoration to the inner lip . The handles and supports modelled as coiled serpents wrapped around a naturalistic tree-stump base. The snakes with open mouths and well-detailed heads , coiled to form loop handles .

The well-selected natural shell bodies with a particularly fine fine lustre and patina.

In excellent original condition, the gilding with a softly aged colour and patination.

One minor historic repair to one snake's head .

H 5"

W 7"

D 3"

France c. 1870

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