A pair of Transition era ormolu flame urns

A pair of Transition era ormolu flame urns

Cast in several parts comprising baluster form vases with Neoclassical decor and mascaron handles. Chips and restorations to the red marble plinths. H 48.3 cm.

Paris, ca. 1760 - 70. Provenance

From the collection of a Rhenish industrialist family. Literature

Cf. Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronze, vol. I, Munich 1986, no. 3.14.8, a fire dog with a ram's head vase in Versailles.

Cf. Lang, Die Entwicklung des "Cheminée à al francaise " und seiner Dekoration, in: Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronze, vol. II, Munich 1986, p. 443 ff.