Pair of perfume burners ca. 1785 French Each is in the form of a flattened lidded container of gilt bronze supported on the heads of a pair of female fauns facing away from one another. They are seated on a smaller urn-shaped plinth set on a rectangular base. The fluted container is mounted with scrolls and beading in the fully neo-classical style and it is probable that originally there was some sort of pierced band between the lid and the body. This would have enabled these pieces to be used as perfume burners. In such a case, a pleasing aroma would be generated by a miniature stove or spiri

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