Live Auction 2835European Noble and Private Collections
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS CENTRE PIECE
Lot 398 AFTERNOON SESSION,
WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2009, 2.00 PM
LOTS 398-622

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS CENTRE PIECE

BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed16 December 2009

Price Realised

EUR 3,000

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS CENTRE PIECE
BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With a circular dish supported by a central column terminating in a scrolling foliate capital with a channelled ring-finial, above a leaf-wrapped base and concave-sided tripartite plinth with scrolling foliate volute supports joined by a laurel wreath, stamped THOMIRE A PARIS
35 cm. high

Specialist note

Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843).

Thomire was one of the most celebrated fondeur-doreurs of the Empire period and founded his firm named Thomire et Cie.