A pair of Louis XVI ormolu chenets circa 1775

each with flaming urn on a fluted pedestal flanked by a rectangular frieze and support surmounted by a pomegranate; cast with laurel leaves and other foliate motifs.

In overall good condition. Some rubbing to the gilding consistent with age and use. Old minor marks, dents surface abrasions and casting flaws. Verdigris to the laurel leaf frieze of one, as visible from the catalogue illustration. Some mounts very slightly loose.
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This design is a variant of a model fitted with an athénienne rather than an urn,  acquired for the Château de Fontainebleau in 1804 from the Paris trade,  see, J.P. Samoyault, Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire, Paris, 1989, p. 214, no.199.