A RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE BRULE PARFUM

The design of this large brûle parfum was inspired by the oeuvres of two of the most influential bronziers of the late Louis XVI period; François Rémond (1747-1812) and Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843). Rémond's influence is particularly evident in the graceful attenuated legs forming a tripod base and the ram's head-form finials. For the design of a related candelabrum by Rémond see H.Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 266, fig. 4.9.5. Thomire is also known to have executed objects of comparable form, such as a pair of Directoire ormolu and patinated bronze candelabra, see Christie's, Paris, 27 November 2018, lot 519.