Lot 121
  • 121

A French cast-iron figural fountain, after the model by Auguste Moreau (1834-1917) 19th century

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Overall 110cm. high; the pool surround 150cm. diam.
modelled as a boy playing with a duck, together with a carved limestone pool surround

Literature

Related Literature:
J.C. Renard, L'Âge de la Fonte, un art, une industrie, 1800-1914, Paris 1985, p. 129.
Société Anonymes des Haut-Fourneaux & Fondeurs du Val D'Osne, Paris after 1870, pl. 582/14

Condition

In overall good condition with minor wear to the recently painted surface.
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