Late 19th century, cast brass oval form urn, featuring vine form handles with cast putti surmounts, egg and dart rim, body with relief frieze depicting a procession of putti between grapevine borders, raised in a fluted pedestal foot inscribed "Brest, le 1st Julliet 1883."

17 1/2 x 22 x 10 1/2 in.

Private Collection, Roanoke, Virginia

Some areas of verdigris and polish to crevices; putti holding grapes missing ornament in hands, and missing one screw to underside (with associated looseness); some scattered minor marks and rust spotting to interior base mount.