a rare pair of patinated cast-iron figural torcheres by the Fonderies du val d'osne cast after the model by mathurin Moreau French, circa 1880

emblematic of Day and Night with the inscription FONDERIES D'ART DU VAL D'OSNE/PARIS/A.MOTTEAU.REPRESENTANT/1272.GARAY BUENOS AIRES and the metalic label A. MOTTEAU, on associated solid turned hardwood pedestals.

The Val d'Osne foundry was established by Royal ordinance in the town of the same name by J. P. V. André in 1835. The Societe Anonyme des Hauts-Fourneaux et Fonderies du Val d'Osne later had showrooms in the Boulevards Voltaire and Richard-Lenoir in Paris, with the foundry in the Haute-Marne departement.  The firm was a frequent participant at the Exposition Universelles and received critical acclaim for a large fountain exhibited at the 1851 London Exhibition.