Lot Essay
See Maurice Rheims, L'Univers des Bronzes, Paris, 1978, p. 34 for an engraving from the Val d'Osne ateliers showing an identical pair of cast-iron figural torcheres.
.jpg?w=1)
CAST BY VAL D'OSNE, CIRCA 1880
Details
A pair of French bronze-patinated cast-iron figural torcheres
Cast by Val d'Osne, Circa 1880
One an Egyptian woman, the other a Nubian, each supporting a torch with frosted glass flambeau shade, on circular base
69¼in. (176cm.) high, excluding shade (2)
Cast by Val d'Osne, Circa 1880
One an Egyptian woman, the other a Nubian, each supporting a torch with frosted glass flambeau shade, on circular base
69¼in. (176cm.) high, excluding shade (2)