Lot 79
  • 79

Centre de table en bronze doré à fond de glace par G. Boin-Taburet, Paris, vers 1880

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Centre de table en bronze doré à fond de glace par G. Boin-Taburet, Paris, vers 1880
  • Voir le lot 88 pour des informations sur Boin-Taburet
  • shaped oval, simulating a formal lake with dolphins and wildfowl, vases at intervals on porcelain stands, painted metal corner receptacles, wood base, maker's punch and signed Bointaburet à Paris
  • Long. 106 cm ; 42in long
de forme ovale mouvementée, imitant un lac avec des dauphins et des gibiers d'eau, la balustrade entrecoupée de vases sur des plinthes en porcelaine,  les récipients en métal peint, sur une âme en bois, estampé Bointaburet à Paris

Condition

one porcelain plinth with two chips and a crack, two with little chips, Porcelain has not been taken off the frame, but is thought to be German late 18th century. Some chips to the painted metal corner receptacles. Generally good condition. Very interesting piece.
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