Lot 185
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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU FIGURAL CENTREPIECE AND A MATCHING CENTREPIECE
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU FIGURAL CENTREPIECE AND A MATCHING CENTREPIECE

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

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU FIGURAL CENTREPIECE AND A MATCHING CENTREPIECE
ONE ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1810-1815, THE OTHER LATER
Each with a leaf-wrapped pierced foliate basket supported by three classically-draped maidens bearing fruit and flower-filled torches, on a circular plinth mounted with garland-strung putti, on a spreading leaf-tip bordered base, minor differences, the torches with removable finials to allow for candles
21 ½ in. (54.5 cm.) high; 8 in. (20.5 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The Empire centrepiece from the collection of King Louis Philippe (1773-1850) of France; and thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

Comparable models, signed by Pierre-Philippe Thomire and previously in the collection of Lucien Bonaparte, can be found in the Musée Marmottan, Paris, and is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1989, vol. 2, p. 382-383, no. 5.16.2 and 5.16.3.

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