ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, CIRCA 1810

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE EWERS
ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, CIRCA 1810
Each of ovoid tapering body, the handle terminating in a griffin head, on rouge griotte marble base
14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired from Delomosne, Ltd., London, October 1951.

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Lot Essay

The slender and elongated shape of these ewers, with their griffin handles accentuating deeply scrolled spouts, are closely related to the oeuvre of the bronzier Claude Galle (1759-1815). Galle flourished during the Empire when he supplied bronzes and ormolu mounts for furniture, clocks and other decorative items to Compiègne, Versailles, Saint-Cloud, the Grand Trianon, and various other Courts throughout Europe.
A similar pair of ormolu and patinated bronze ewers attributed to Claude Galle sold Sotheby’s, New York 18 November 2010, lot 208, and another pair of ewers from the Wildentstein Collection sold Christie's, London 14-15 December 2005, lot 368. A related pair, probably by Galle, are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I p. 364, fig. 5.12.6.

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