A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU AND THUYA GUERIDONS

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU AND THUYA GUERIDONS
Each with circular top centered by a Svres porcelain plaque showing the duc and duchesse d'Angoulme, supported by double simulated bamboo legs joined by a concave-sided triangular base, surmounted by a circular undertier, on sabre legs, the portrait of the duc signed and indistinctly dated Brachard f 1816, bearing the stamp E. LEVASSEUR
29in. (74cm.) high, 16in. (42cm.) diameter (2)

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Please note the correct estimate for this lot is: $50,000-80,000.

Lot Essay

The signature on the plaque is probably that of the sculptor Jean-Charles-Nicolas Brachard (1786-1830), who worked at Svres from 1782-1824. His younger brother, Jean-Nicolas-Alexandre also worked at the factory.
These gueridons are based on a model produced by Adam Weisweiler. One similar also in thuya wood, the top centering a slightly larger Svres biscuit plaque is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, Le mobilier Franais du XVIIIe sicle, Paris, 1989, p.868.