IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU TWO-LIGHT WALL-APPLIQUES
IN THE MANNER OF JEAN-CHARLES DELAFOSSE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The stop-fluted tapering backplate headed by a ram's mask and surmounted by a flaming urn issuing two scrolling branches hung with laurel garlands
55 cm. high
These two appliques are the same basic model as a pair of three light appliques in the Musee du Louvre Paris (OA 5190).
Hans Ottomeyer/Peter Pröschl et al Vergoldete Bronzen München 1987, plate 3.9.2, p. 186. (2)

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These two appliques are the same basic model as a pair of three light appliques in the Musee du Louvre Paris (OA 5190).
H. Ottomeyer/P. Pröschl et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, München 1987, plate 3.9.2, p. 186.

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