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Pair of Casters

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Of cylindrical form on spreading cast dentilated bases, with applied moulded borders and mid-ribs; the bayonet-fitting high domed covers with similar dentilated borders, elaborately pierced with foliage, scrolls and exotic figures, with fluted double baluster finials issuing from calices of cut-card radiating stylized acanthus leaves (the covers with later-fitted pierced sleeves)
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts Archibald Alexander Hutchinson New York; bequest to Fogg Art Museum 1949. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Archibald A. Hutchinson Esq.
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Title: Pair of Casters
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Of cylindrical form on spreading cast dentilated bases, with applied moulded borders and mid-ribs; the bayonet-fitting high domed covers with similar dentilated borders, elaborately pierced with foliage, scrolls and exotic figures, with fluted double baluster finials issuing from calices of cut-card radiating stylized acanthus leaves (the covers with later-fitted pierced sleeves).

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