A SET OF THREE FRENCH CAST-IRON FOUNTAIN FROGS, each with their head up and open mouthed, sitting on a rocky outcropsigned A. DURENNE SOMMEVOIRE, late 19th Century

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A SET OF THREE FRENCH CAST-IRON FOUNTAIN FROGS, each with their head up and open mouthed, sitting on a rocky outcropsigned A. DURENNE SOMMEVOIRE, late 19th Century
27½in. (70cm.) high (3)

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Jean-Claude Renard, L' Âge de la Fonte, Paris, 1985.

Lot Essay

The company of A. Durenne, Maître de Forges, was established in 1847 by Antoine Durenne at Sommevoire. Their catalogues of 1877 and 1889 illustrate the firm's high-quality cast-iron fountains, sculpture, urns and other embellishments that were produced.

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