AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY JARDINIERE

CIRCA 1825

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY JARDINIERE
Circa 1825
Of circular form with removable copper-liner within a gadrooned ormolu edging and butterfly mounts to the frieze, raised on three foliate-mounted cabriole legs with paw feet on a shaped tripartite plinth with bun feet and inset casters, inscribed 393/414 in white chalk to the underside and with an ink stamp LESAGE, RUE GRAN..../PARIS
34in. (86cm.) high, 20½in. (52cm.) diameter

拍品專文

The indistinct stamp to the underside of this jardinière refers to Antoine-Nicolas Lesage (1784 - 1841), who was one of the most important marchands of his period. He was established in the rue Grange-Batelière between 1821 and 1837.