Lot Essay
These chenets are based on the celebrated pair supplied by the bronzier Quentin-Claude Pitoin to Madame du Barry for her Salon at Fontainebleau, later placed by Louis XVI in his library at Versailles
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LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU CHENETS
Late 19th/Early 20th Century
One cast as a boar, the other as a stag, on a rocky base, the bases cast with relief panels of hunting scenes, the fluted terminals with game birds, on toupie feet, elements stamped B2C, possibly a futher element lacking to each
16¼in. (41cm.) high, 19½in. (49.5cm.) wide (2)
Late 19th/Early 20th Century
One cast as a boar, the other as a stag, on a rocky base, the bases cast with relief panels of hunting scenes, the fluted terminals with game birds, on toupie feet, elements stamped B2C, possibly a futher element lacking to each
16¼in. (41cm.) high, 19½in. (49.5cm.) wide (2)