
140
Bottle with stopper
Estimate €200–400
139
Estimate €800–1.500
Bases in gilded and embossed bronze with feet in the form of tree trunks with flowers resting on a fluted frieze.
Bowls in cut crystal with scalloped rims.
Incised mark on the base of one foot.
France, c. 1880.
(signs of use, small chips)
7x22.5 cm
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