Lot Essay
A pair of Louis XV style ormolu chenets, stamped Bouhon Fres, were sold Christie's East, 30 April 1992, lot 200.
THE PROPERTY OF AN ESTATE
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU CHENETS
Details
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU CHENETS
19TH CENTURY, STAMPED BOUHON PARIS
The shaped rectangular plinth with a frieze of ribbon-tied fruiting grapevine swags alternating musical instruments centered by a tambourine and grapevine wreath with ribbon-tied staffs beneath a ewer draped with grapevine-and-clusters surmounted by a goat handle ending in a satyr mask opposite a winged caryatid facing a classical urn filled with grape clusters, raised on acorn feet
16½in. (42cm.) high, 18in. (46cm.) wide (2)
19TH CENTURY, STAMPED BOUHON PARIS
The shaped rectangular plinth with a frieze of ribbon-tied fruiting grapevine swags alternating musical instruments centered by a tambourine and grapevine wreath with ribbon-tied staffs beneath a ewer draped with grapevine-and-clusters surmounted by a goat handle ending in a satyr mask opposite a winged caryatid facing a classical urn filled with grape clusters, raised on acorn feet
16½in. (42cm.) high, 18in. (46cm.) wide (2)