PROPERTY FROM THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA THE EMPIRE ORMOLU SERVICE FROM THE COLLECTION OF KING LOUIS PHILIPPE (1773-1850) OF FRANCE

A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU CENTREPIECES AND A FURTHER MATCHING PAIR

ONE PAIR ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1810-1815, THE OTHER PAIR LATER

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU CENTREPIECES AND A FURTHER MATCHING PAIR
ONE PAIR ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1810-1815, THE OTHER PAIR LATER
Each with a pierced basket with interlaced grape vines above an acanthus-headed reverse-fluted and leaf-tip column flanked by three bacchic maidens, on a concave tripartite plinth mounted with horns of plenty, on lion's paw feet, minor differences in gilding, one pair with associated candlearms, some arms slightly bent
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high; 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Empire pair from the collection of King Louis Philippe (1773-1850) of France; and thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

A comparable model, signed by Pierre-Philippe Thomire and previously in the collection of Lucien Bonaparte, can be found in Musée Marmottan, Paris, and is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1989, vol. 2, p. 382, no. 5.16.2.

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