(2) A pair of Empire ormolu-mounted and patinated bronze ewers

Cf. A pair of related ewers by Claude Galle, illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, 1986, vol. I, p. 364, fig. 5.12.6;
Other examples of this model are in the Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart, and at the palace of Pavlovsk near St. Petersburg
Another pair of related ewers were sold with Christie's, Monaco, Collection, Akram Ojjeh, 11 and 12 December 1999, lot 153, FF. 276,000.

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Saleroom Notice

Please note that some of the pieces lacking to the rim are loose but with the piece.

Pre-Lot Text

THE PROPERTY OF A DESCENDANT OF MAXIMILIAN EGON II, FÜRST ZU FÜRSTENBERG (1863-1941)