A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE BRONZE-MOUNTED MARBLE GREY-VEINED GARDEN URNS

LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE BRONZES STAMPED MILLET

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE BRONZE-MOUNTED MARBLE GREY-VEINED GARDEN URNS
Late 19th Century, the bronzes stamped MILLET
Each with a domed cover and fluting finial and turned tapering body applied with lion mask handles at the sides, on a waisted socle with laurel-leaf-cast edge, on a square plinth, on later tapering grey-veined white marble pedestals
86in. (219cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The house of Millet was established in 1853 at 11, rue Jacques-Coeur and then moved to 23 boulevard Beaumarchais in about 1902-1904. Known for executing furniture and bronzes in genre ancien et moderne, and particularly for copying 18th Century designs, Millet recieved a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889 and a Grand Prize in 1900 along with three honors and four gold medals. The house was active until 1918.

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