Lot Essay
A virtually identical Louis XV fontaine à parfum is in the Musée des Arts Décoratives in Lyon and is illustrated in The Decorative Arts Museum, Lyon, Lyon, 1991, p. 26.
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OF LOUIS XV STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH ORMOLU AND PORCELAIN TABLE FOUNTAIN
Of Louis XV style, late 19th century
The blue-ground jug-shaped cistern with shell-shaped hinged lid and bearded mask issuing the spout wrapped by foliate branches with various polychrome-decorated flower heads, on a raised base and flanked by swans, on a scroll and rocaille-cast base, minor losses to the porcelain
11½ in. (29 cm.) high; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep
Of Louis XV style, late 19th century
The blue-ground jug-shaped cistern with shell-shaped hinged lid and bearded mask issuing the spout wrapped by foliate branches with various polychrome-decorated flower heads, on a raised base and flanked by swans, on a scroll and rocaille-cast base, minor losses to the porcelain
11½ in. (29 cm.) high; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep
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