Lot Essay
Please see lot 63 for a note on Alphonse Giroux.
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BY ALPHONSE GIROUX, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A NAPOLEON III SILVERED BRONZE AND ELECTRO-PLATED JARDINIERE
BY ALPHONSE GIROUX, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Modelled with a howdah four-sided planter cast in relief with Chinese dragons and canted angles with scrolled corbels, atop an elephant with a lambrequin-hung saddle and headress, signed MAISON ALPHONSE GIROUX
18¼ in. (47 cm.) high
BY ALPHONSE GIROUX, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Modelled with a howdah four-sided planter cast in relief with Chinese dragons and canted angles with scrolled corbels, atop an elephant with a lambrequin-hung saddle and headress, signed MAISON ALPHONSE GIROUX
18¼ in. (47 cm.) high
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