A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU CHENETS, AFTER A MODEL BY Jacques Caffiéri late 19th century

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Sold

25,000 USD

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Description

BRONZE
Height: 17 inches
Width: 21 inches

both inscribed F. par J. Caffieri.

Catalogue Note

An 18th century pair of chenets of this model signed Caffieri and dated 1752, formerly in the Palace of St. Cloud, is in the Cleveland Museum of Art (see Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I., p. 134, fig. 2.9.1).