A PAIR OF RE-SILVERED BRONZE CHENETS, IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE |

with their irons

Collection Baron Alexis de Redé, hôtel Lambert, Salon des Muses; his sale Sotheby's, Paris, 16 March 2005, lot 83

C. Frégnac, Belles demeures de Paris, Paris, 1977, p. 83 (illustrated)

The illustration of the catalogue is accurate. Good overall condition. There are the inevitable minor dents, marks and scratches due to age and use. There are black oxidations traces as expected on silvered metal.
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