Jewelry Stand with Candle Holder

Possibly Siméon Pierre Devaranne

1835-1840

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Bust in profile left.
Probably a later cast of the obverse of a medal commemorating the restoration of the Coliseum after 1825.
Plain cream-colored stoneware mortar and pestle, the pestle with a rounded wood handle.
Small, delicate silver basket on raised and pierced oval foot, the edges of the oval basket scalloped and below the rim engraved with wavy, dotted lines, below that a band of piercing in a pattern of scrolling foliage and a central roundel with floral motifs between vertical elements that mirror the pattern on the foot, the well likewise engraved with scroll and dot motifs, with reeded swing handle.