BY CLAUDE-FRANCOIS RABIAT, CIRCA 1810-15

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU MARTIAL TROPHY CHENETS
BY CLAUDE-FRANCOIS RABIAT, CIRCA 1810-15
Each modelled with a plumed helmet, with thunderbolt mounts to the front of the plinth base, with five holes for fixing the mounts of which only three are used, re-gilt, the base mounts apparently original, signed 'RABIAT'
19 in. (48 cm.) high; 19¼ in. (49 cm.) wide; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Acquired from La Pendulerie, Paris.

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Lot Essay

Claude-François Rabiat (d. 1815) was apprenticed to Etienne Vignerelle in 1769 and established as maître in 1778. He regularly provided a variety of clocks and candelabra to other accomplished bronziers and horlogers including Thomire, Feuchère and Claude Galle. These chenets are very closely related to a design attributed to Thomire with an additional flaming orb and a lion's mask to the front mount, circa 1817 (H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 340, fig. 5.4.2.).

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