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A French parcel-gilt and bronze-patinated cast-iron torchere figure
A French parcel-gilt and bronze-patinated cast-iron torchere figure

CAST BY VAL D'OSNE, AFTER A MODEL BY MATHURIN MOREAU, PARIS, CIRCA 1890

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A French parcel-gilt and bronze-patinated cast-iron torchere figure
Cast by Val d'Osne, After a model by Mathurin Moreau, Paris, Circa 1890
Of a classical youth, with drapery falling from his waist, holding a torch in his raised hand with glass flambeau shade, on a circular base stamped to the front FORGERIES DU VAL D'OSNE/68-82 VOLTAIRE PARIS, drilled for electricity
65 in. (165 cm.) high

拍品专文

Founded by J.P. Andr in 1835 and based at the Val d'Osne, in the Haute-Marne, the company took over rival firms such as Andr, Barbezat and Ducel. The company participated in the London 1851 and 1862 Great Exhibitions, the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle and the 1893 Chicago Great Exhibition. It specialised in copying celebrated statues from the Palace of Versailles as well as architectural fittings, but also produced his own original castings.