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CIRCA 1810, THE BRONZES POSSIBLY AFTER MODELS BY CHARLES-GABRIEL SAUVAGE DIT LEMIRE, THE ORMOLU IN THE MANNER OF PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE
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A PAIR OF EMPIRE PATINATED BRONZE AND ORMOLU FIGURES OF WINGED PUTTI
CIRCA 1810, THE BRONZES POSSIBLY AFTER MODELS BY CHARLES-GABRIEL SAUVAGE DIT LEMIRE, THE ORMOLU IN THE MANNER OF PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE
Both modelled crouching, one offering a basket of fruit, the other conceived to hold an object in each hand, now lacking, mounted on integral naturalistic bases and lappetted cylindrical plinths centred by a winged torch within a foliate wreath flanked by winged classical figures
14.1/4 in. (36 cm.) and 13.1/4 in. (33.5 cm.) high; the bases 6.1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) diameter
CIRCA 1810, THE BRONZES POSSIBLY AFTER MODELS BY CHARLES-GABRIEL SAUVAGE DIT LEMIRE, THE ORMOLU IN THE MANNER OF PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE
Both modelled crouching, one offering a basket of fruit, the other conceived to hold an object in each hand, now lacking, mounted on integral naturalistic bases and lappetted cylindrical plinths centred by a winged torch within a foliate wreath flanked by winged classical figures
14.1/4 in. (36 cm.) and 13.1/4 in. (33.5 cm.) high; the bases 6.1/2 in. (16.5 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Almost certainly acquired by Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854) and
Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry (1800-65), possibly whilst travelling through Paris in 1819, en route to Vienna.
Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry (1800-65), possibly whilst travelling through Paris in 1819, en route to Vienna.
Literature
Londonderry House inventory, 1939, p. 21, dining room.
Londonderry House inventory, 1949, p. 6.
Wynyard Park inventory, 1965, vol. i, p. 66.
Londonderry House inventory, 1949, p. 6.
Wynyard Park inventory, 1965, vol. i, p. 66.
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