BY CHARPENTIER ET CIE., PARIS, CIRCA 1867

This pedestal is identical in design to one engraved in The Art Journal's Illustrated Catalogue of the Universal Exhibition of 1867, Paris, p. 82 (see illustration). Submitted to the Exhibition by the pre-eminent bronzier Charpentier, the journal comments, "M. Charpentier is surpassed by none of his competitors in the fabrication of Works in Bronze. They are designed and modelled by eminent artists of France, and are finished with the nicest skill. He holds, consequently, the highest rank among the manufacturers of Paris".