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Lot Essay
A perfume burner with virtually identical upper section on a different base is in the collection of the V & A (M.577-1911) and illustrated in Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen I, Munich, 1986, p. 365, fig. 5.12.5. Another of the same form as that in the V & A sold from the collection of Sir Mark Masterman Sykes Bt. of Sledmere House, North Yorkshire; Sotheby’s, London, 10 July 1981, lot 198.
Claude Galle (1759-1815) was amongst the greatest bronziers and fondeur-ciseleurs of the late Louis XVI and Empire periods. First patronised by the Garde Meuble de la Couronne under Jean d'Heure from 1786-1788, he is known to have collaborated with Pierre-Philipe Thomire, amongst others, and was responsible for much of the bronzes d'ameublement supplied during the Empire period to Fontainebleau.
Claude Galle (1759-1815) was amongst the greatest bronziers and fondeur-ciseleurs of the late Louis XVI and Empire periods. First patronised by the Garde Meuble de la Couronne under Jean d'Heure from 1786-1788, he is known to have collaborated with Pierre-Philipe Thomire, amongst others, and was responsible for much of the bronzes d'ameublement supplied during the Empire period to Fontainebleau.