AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZE FENDER

CIRCA 1810

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZE FENDER
CIRCA 1810
The pierced trellis mounted with rosettes and stars, the pedestals surmounted with recumbent lions and applied with Apollo in his chariot, the lions possibly originally patinated, re-gilt
10¼ in. (17 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) wide, adjustable

Provenance

Anonymous sale, 'Le Pavillon Chougny', Christie's London, 9-10 December 2004, lot 551.

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Lot Essay

A related feu a galerie with recumbent lioness at each end, as well as a feu with pierced axe-head motif like the present example, both formed part of Général Moreau's Consulat furnishings in the rue d'Anjou by 1804. Now at Fontainebleau, both are discussed in J.P. Samoyault, Pendules et Bronzes d'Ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire, Paris, 1989, nos. 266 and 261.

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