CIRCA 1900, PERHAPS FRENCH

Details

A Continental gilt-metal-mounted green glass vase
Circa 1900, perhaps French
The rim applied with a band suspending chain ornament above a pierced anthemion band, the cylindrical neck cut with a diamond pattern, the handles cast with swan and anthemion terminals, the collar pierced with a band of wreaths and acanthus above lion masks and drapery, the lower part encased with a frieze of classical figures emblematic of the liberal arts below a band of antheion and winged mythical beasts (light rubbing to mounts)
12¾ in. (22.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The decoration of the mounts on this vase owes a heavy debt to the style popularised by the inseparable French architects and designers, Charles Percier (1764-1838) and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762-1853). Their publication of Recueil De Décorations Intérieures, Comprenant tout ce qui a rapport a l'ameublement.. (1812), was extremely influential, epitomising the style and feel of the French Napoleonic Empire.

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