A pair of Louis XV ormolu appliques - image-1

Lot 1006 Dα

A pair of Louis XV ormolu appliques

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 14:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 5.000 € - 7.000 €
Result: 3.750 € (incl. premium)

A pair of Louis XV ormolu appliques

Two-flame fire-gilt bronze appliques cast in several pieces and screw-mounted. Designed as tied bundles of reeds with two broad leaves forming the drip pans. A casting flaw to one drip pan. H 44, W 33 cm.
Paris, mid-18th C.

Literature

Cf. Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. I, Munich 1986, illus. 2.11.14.