MID-18TH CENTURY

An identical pair of finely chased ormolu lions presse-papiers is now at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (inv. 27174 A -B). This pair was bequeathed to the Museum by Marie Adèle Martin Leroy (1852-1929), daughter of the art collector Victor Prosper Martin-Leroy (1842-1918) and in honor of her son Jacques Martin-Leroy (1876-1915).