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See lot 367 for a note on Ferdinand Barbedienne.
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CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, CIRCA 1875
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A pair of French Neo Grec ormolu, rouge and black marble atheniennes
Cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris, Circa 1875
Each with pierced anthemion and scroll-cast cover with marble-inset knop, above a waisted marble-inset anthemion frieze and tapering gadrooned body applied with marble-inset cartouches, on central turned and foliate-cast support, flanked by triple rams' monopodiae headed by satyrs supporting loop handles, on concave-sided triform stepped base, each inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE, each with lift-out gilt-metal liner
25in. (63.5cm.) high (2)
Cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris, Circa 1875
Each with pierced anthemion and scroll-cast cover with marble-inset knop, above a waisted marble-inset anthemion frieze and tapering gadrooned body applied with marble-inset cartouches, on central turned and foliate-cast support, flanked by triple rams' monopodiae headed by satyrs supporting loop handles, on concave-sided triform stepped base, each inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE, each with lift-out gilt-metal liner
25in. (63.5cm.) high (2)