Lot 209
209
A PAIR OF FRENCH CAST-IRON AND GILTMETAL JARDINIERES
A PAIR OF FRENCH CAST-IRON AND GILTMETAL JARDINIERES

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Details
A PAIR OF FRENCH CAST-IRON AND GILTMETAL JARDINIERES
late 19th century
Each with rectangular open top and later metal liner above pierced sides with laurel wreaths and key-pattern on later foliate feet, one stamped VAL D'OSNE 58 BD VOLTAIRE PARIS
29in. (74.5cm.) high; 54in. (137cm.) long; 16in. (38cm.) diameter (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 26 April 1994, lot 211

Lot Essay

In 1870 the firm of Barbezat et Cie., founded in 1855, changed its name to 'Societé Anonyme... du Val d'Osne'. It continued to produce a large range of architectural ornaments and sculptural figure groups typical of the large foundry firms of the period. They exhibited at the Chicago International Exhibition in 1893 (see: Y. Devaux, L'Univers des Bronzes, 1978, p. 295, figs. 295-300 and J. Davis, Antique Garden Ornament, London, 1991, pp. 277-280).