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TRAVAIL FRANCAIS

JARDINIERE ELEPHANT, FIN DU XIXEME SIECLE

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TRAVAIL FRANCAIS
JARDINIERE ELEPHANT, FIN DU XIXEME SIECLE
En étain patiné brun, vert et or, les défenses en bois peint en blanc, la terrasse circulaire martelée ; munie d'une doublure
Hauteur : 48 cm. (18 7/8 in.)
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A PATINATED AND PARTLY HAMMERED PEWTER AND LACQUERED WOOD FRENCH ELEPHANT JARDINIERE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

This jardinière is an echo to the elephant fountain project of the place de la Bastille, of which the plaster model, raised by the sculptor Pierre-Charles Bridan, was destroyed in 1846

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Cette jardinière fait écho au projet de fontaine éléphant de la place de la Bastille, dont la maquette en plâtre, élevée par le sculpteur Pierre-Charles Bridan, fut détruite en 1846

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