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From an important Belgian collection

A pair of Régence gilt-bronze andirons, circa 1720

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3,000 - 5,000 EUR

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Description

the terrace adorned with shells and female mascarons, on scrolling feet ; (re-gilt) 


(2) 


Height 15 3/4 in. ; Haut. 40 cm 

Private collection, Belgium

RELATED LITERATURE :

H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel and al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 68

Several variations of these child motifs on andirons are known, notably an example sold at Sotheby's, Monaco, 14 June 1982, lot 457, and illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 68.