Lot Essay
In the Inventory of the Palais Bourbon in 1779, Un feu orné de deux enfants qui se chauffent, sur leurs socle doré d'or moulu is listed in the bed-chamber of the prince de Condé.
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19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND SILVERED-BRONZE CHENETS
19TH CENTURY
Each with a seated putto emblematic of Winter, the girl with floral garland in her hair, seated on a stepped spreading panelled plinth cast with applied icicles, on part-reeded bun feet, one with cast-in number '20' and letters 'CC'
11¾ in. (30 cm.) high; 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) wide (2)
19TH CENTURY
Each with a seated putto emblematic of Winter, the girl with floral garland in her hair, seated on a stepped spreading panelled plinth cast with applied icicles, on part-reeded bun feet, one with cast-in number '20' and letters 'CC'
11¾ in. (30 cm.) high; 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) wide (2)
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