A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CHENETS IN LOUIS XV STYLE

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CHENETS IN LOUIS XV STYLE

AFTER PHILLIPE CAFFIERI, MID-19TH CENTURY

modelled as a young couple holding a ewer and a beaker, seated on Rococo foliate 'C' scrolls, each stamped with a 'B' (2)

30cm high, 23cm wide

Provenance

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

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Catalogue Note

See H. Ottomeyer / P.Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, p.135, fig.2.9.3 for a similar pair of chenets.