FRENCH, AFTER SIGISBERT-FRANCOIS MICHEL (1728-1811), FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF BRONZE EWERS
French, after Sigisbert-Francois Michel (1728-1811), first half 19th Century
One surmounted by a triton and decorated with a dolphin mask and rushes, the other surmounted by a satyr and decorated with a goat mask and grape vines, the lower half of each body gadrooned, and on a fluted circular socle, dark brown patina with warm medium brown high points
16 5/8in. (42.2cm.) high (2)

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE;
London, Royal Academy of Arts, John Flaxman, R.A., 26 Oct.-9 Dec. 1979, David Bindman ed., nos.19a and b.

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Lot Essay

In 1774 Sigisbert Francois Michel exhibited a pair of plaster ewers surmounted by a triton and a satyr in the Académie de Saint-Luc, Paris. This prototype was later the basis for a number of subsequent ewers in malachite (a pair of which can be seen in the Wallace Collection, London), biscuit porcelain (with a pair in the Musée d'Orléans) and bronze (with a pair in the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris).

Wedgwood versions in basalt and jasperware could also be found in England after 1775 when John Flaxman Sr. presented Josiah Wedgwood with a plaster model based on Michel's original model - the former version of which can be seen in the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston.

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