Lot 2
  • 2

FRENCH, 16TH CENTURYTWO WROUGHT IRON BOLTS, |

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • one with the Arms of France and the monogram of Diane de Poitiers and Henri II ; the other with the arms and monogram of Catherine de Medicione inscribed on the reverse 16th Century Arms of France. Monograms of Diane de Poitiers & H.II EX Château d'ANET Cawdor 1988. ; the other inscribed 16th Century. Arms of Catherine de Medici & her monogram EX: Château d'ANET.
  • H. 14,8 cm, 5 7/8 in. ; 14,5 cm, 5 3/4 in.

Provenance

By repute Château d'Anet, Eure-et-Loir
Sotheby's London, 8 December 1988, lot 611
Collection of the Dowager Countess Cawdor

Catalogue Note

Bolts of the same models are in the National Museum of Renaissance, Ecouen (inv. n° ECL22120 and ECL22123).