![]() ![]() They stand with lion paws on balls, end in winged chimeras and in the middle have lions' heads, which hold gilded rings from which pear-shaped decorations hang. Volute-shaped supports rest on the three corners. ![]() On it is a cast, also gilded, naked woman kneeling by an anchor, hands folded, which symbolize Hope. A second gold-plated rosette is attached to the central rosette and carries a ball. It is driven around a central rosette with three grotesque masks in the corners. The base is made up of a narrow, flat bottom edge a broad, tapered, S-shaped arched edge decorated with a stamped, repeating pattern of scrollwork with stylized leaf motifs a necked-in brim decorated with a stamped, repeating pattern of cabochons a rejuvenating overhanging edge with a stamped decoration of scales a narrow constricted rim and the overhanging arched top. The base of the triangular salt cellar rests on three molded, S-volute-shaped legs, decorated with pearls and curling leaves and ending in eagle heads crowned by volutes. ![]()
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