Vase cover inspired by Piranesi's Helix tripod. France, Empire style, late 19th century

Vase cover inspired by Piranesi's Helix tripod. France, Empire style, late 19th century.
Silver.
With hallmarks on one of the legs and signature of the silversmith: "Leon Lapar, Paris".
Net weight: 180 gr.
Measurements: 15 x 8 x 8 cm.

Cup type tripod in silver contrasted, with embossed and openwork motifs. These include putti, finely modeled rams' heads, cherub figures, Greco-Roman inspired trophies and garlands. It sits on slender claw feet, arranged as a tripod.

The model, a goblet tripod, is freely inspired by Piranesi's Helix tripod, who ingeniously blended archaeology, decoration and invention in his creations.

The piece, executed in the Empire style although of a somewhat later period, was initially covered with glass.