A FRENCH ORMOLU FENDER

A FRENCH ORMOLU FENDER

IN LOUIS XVI STYLE, 19TH CENTURY

with cherubic faun figures playing music, interspersed with war trophies and doves of peace, with scrolling leaves and lion's masks, stamped '192', together with a pair of 18th century French steel and ormolu mounted fire tongs (2)

25.5cm high, 128.5cm wide, 30.8cm deep (max)

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) the Boudoir, Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Literature

Rothschild Archive, London, Manuscript: 000/174/C/3, Christie, Manson & Woods Probate Valuation of 'The Estate of Alfred C. de Rothschild, Esq. C.V.O. Deceased, Halton House Tring', 1918. Listed as 'An ormolu fender, of Louis XVI design and a set of fire implements, £10.0.0..'