A French cast-iron vase late 19th century

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 EUR

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Description

84cm. high, 78cm. wide

the everted rim with egg-and-dart motif, neck cast with grapevine, flanked by satyrs seated on goats' heads, central cartouche surrounding a balance

Literature

Related Literature:
John P.S. Davis, Antique Garden Ornament. 300 years of creativity: Artists, manufacturers & materials, Suffolk 1998, p. 142, plate 38.

Catalogue Note

Copy after a pair flanking the Parterre du Midi, Versailles, circa 1870.