Christie’s roundel
Lot 303

A FRENCH ORMOLU ORNAMENTAL EWER

LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed24 March 2010

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EUR 1,500

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A FRENCH ORMOLU ORNAMENTAL EWER
LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
A merman to the spout above a triton with a shell, the bulbous body cast with a scene of Diana the huntress and a scene of Galatea surrounded by tritons blowing conch horns, the waisted base with lion masks holding flower-swags, on a concave square marble base, the underside numbered 6197
55 cm. high

Specialist note

Designs such as this were disseminated through the published patterns of the ornamentists Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527-1602?).