A PAIR OF CHARLES X ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE CENTREPIECES

IN THE MANNER OF THOMIRE, CIRCA 1830

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A PAIR OF CHARLES X ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE CENTREPIECES
IN THE MANNER OF THOMIRE, CIRCA 1830
Each with a pierced foliate and reeded tripartite shaft surmounted by a gadrooned dish decorated with Vitruvian scrolls, on Siena marble bases, the marble probably later
22¾ in. (55 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

The present pair of centre-pieces closely relate to examples by Pierre-Philippe Thomire at Schloss Haimhausen and Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe (illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P.Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 312, Pl. XLIV and p.389, fig. 5.16.18, respectively).

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