A MATCHED PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED GRAND MIX CAMPAGNA MARBLE URNS

AFTER THE MODEL BY GOUTHIERE, 19TH CENTURY

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A MATCHED PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED GRAND MIX CAMPAGNA MARBLE URNS
AFTER THE MODEL BY GOUTHIERE, 19TH CENTURY
Of Louis XV style, each lid with grape bunch finial, ormolu-rimmed neck, and mounted with female figures on both sides, ribbon-wrapped grape-leaf molding on pedestal with chamfered corners, one stamped 'MB'
14½ in. (37 cm.) and 15 in. (38 cm.) high respectively, 14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide, 10 in. (25.5 cm.) deep (2)

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These mounted vases are after a popular model created by the celebrated French metal-worker, Pierre Gouthière (1740 - 1806) in 1780. He is known to have produced many of the most splendid belongings of the duchesse de Mazarin, Madame du Barry and the duc d'Aumont. The collection of the duc d'Aumont was sold at auction in Paris in 1782 and many objects mounted by Gouthière were bought for Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. His works, unsurpassed in creativity, quality and execution, can now be found in the Wallace Collection and the Louvre.

A similar example, signed Sorami, was sold Christie's, London, 1 October 2002, lot 275. Another very similar was sold Christie's, South Kensington, 27 November, 2002, lot 540.