Lot Essay
Designs such as this were disseminated through the published patterns of the ornamentists Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527-1602?).
LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH ORMOLU ORNAMENTAL EWER
LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
A merman to the spout above a triton with a shell, the bulbous body cast with a scene of Diana the huntress and a scene of Galatea surrounded by tritons blowing conch horns, the waisted base with lion masks holding flower-swags, on a concave square marble base, the underside numbered 6197
55 cm. high
LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
A merman to the spout above a triton with a shell, the bulbous body cast with a scene of Diana the huntress and a scene of Galatea surrounded by tritons blowing conch horns, the waisted base with lion masks holding flower-swags, on a concave square marble base, the underside numbered 6197
55 cm. high
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