A pair of Régence style silvered bronze figural chenets after the original model by Nicolas Coustou French, 19th century

Overall very good condition; slight tarnishing to the silvering; some minor scratches and wear.
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François Souchal, Les Frères Coustou, Paris, 1980, pl. 13, fig.c. These chenets are related to two designs attributed to the sculptor Nicolas Coustou (1658-1733), reputedly for lead sphinxes which stood on the terrace of the Royal Pavilion at Marly, now in the Cabinet of Drawings at the Stockholm Museum, illustrated by Souchal, op. cit., pl. 13, fig. c. A pair of Régence chenets of this model, the shields with the Bavarian Royal arms, is in the Bayerisches National Museum, Munich, illustrated by H.Ottomeyer/ P. Pröschel, op. cit., p.71, 1.10.10.