Live Auction 3773Living With Art
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED OSTRICH EGGS
Lot 32 LIVING WITH ART BY STEPHEN SILLS - A PRIVATE COLLECTION FROM THE MID-WEST

A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED OSTRICH EGGS

19TH CENTURY

Closed8 October 2015

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED OSTRICH EGGS
19TH CENTURY
Each carved with a landscape and exotic scene within a cartouche between bands of scrolling foliage
10 ¾ in. (27 cm.) high

Collection of Delbee-Jansen; Christie's, Monaco, 10-11 December 1999, lot 528.

Specialist note

Pierre Delbée (1900-1974), alongside Stéphane Boudin (1888-1967), was one of the great tastemaker-directors of the illustrious Parisian design firm, Maison Jansen.