LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL SUPPLIED FOR THE PETIT TRIANON

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A FRENCH ORMOLU HALL-LANTERN
LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE MODEL SUPPLIED FOR THE PETIT TRIANON
With a flaming torch-shaped shaft issuing twelve rope-twist scrolled branches suspended from a star studded corona and central quiver decorated with roses, the panelled bombé sides with musical trophies, the angles with flowerhead garland-tied arrows, the glazing replaced by perspex
24¼ in. (136 cm.) high; 23¾ in. (60 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

This lantern is closely based upon the model attributed to Pierre Gouthière and dated to around 1785, which is now on the staircase at the Petit Trianon at Versailles. It is illustrated by Pierre Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1987, p.377, fig.384. However the Champalimaud model differs in that it has neither cherubs to the base nor to the central candlearms.

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