Live Auction 1585European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries Part I
A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS THREE-TIER ETAGERES
Lot 83

A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS THREE-TIER ETAGERES

ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1815

Closed16 April 2014

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU AND CUT-GLASS THREE-TIER ETAGERES
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1815
Each modelled with three musical putti, the stem holding three graduated dishes, marked Baccarat, on circular leaf-cast base and raised on paw feet
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The figures of three lyre-playing putti, which feature on this pair of étagères also feature on a tazza dated circa 1830 in Schloss Rosenberg, Copenhagen (H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, ed., Vergoldete Bronzen, Münich, 1989, I, p. 388, fig. 5.16.16).