Lot 317
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A FRENCH SAMSON PORCELAIN, ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE MOUNTED AMBOYNA GUERIDON
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CANADIAN COLLECTION (LOTS 301 - 437)
A FRENCH SAMSON PORCELAIN, ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE MOUNTED AMBOYNA GUERIDON

AFTER THE FONTAINEBLEAU MODEL, IN THE MANNER OF FRANÇOIS LINKE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH SAMSON PORCELAIN, ORMOLU AND PATINATED-BRONZE MOUNTED AMBOYNA GUERIDON
AFTER THE FONTAINEBLEAU MODEL, IN THE MANNER OF FRANÇOIS LINKE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The circular top with concentric rings and radiating veneers and stiff-leaf rim above the four scrolled supports with nymphs to the top and on a concave-sided canted square base with stiff-leaf rim and a central vase
31½ in. (80 cm.) high, 35½ in. (90 cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

François Linke acquired a model of the present guéridon at the Millet sale held in 1905. Two years later, he produced his first copy, listed as no. 1390, and complete with a porcelain vase imitating porphyry. The model proved popular and Christpher Payne records Linke making a total of at least eight further tables, each with a blue porcelain vase supplied by Samson (C. Payne, François Linke: 1855 - 1946, The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 208).

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