Live Auction 16115The Collector: English & European Furniture, Fine Art, Ceramics & Silver
A PAIR OF LOUIS-PHILIPPE ORMOLU ATHENIENNES
Lot 118 PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION (LOTS 86-141)

A PAIR OF LOUIS-PHILIPPE ORMOLU ATHENIENNES

BY PIERRE-PHILLIPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1830-1840

Closed10 April 2018

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A PAIR OF LOUIS-PHILIPPE ORMOLU ATHENIENNES
BY PIERRE-PHILLIPE THOMIRE, CIRCA 1830-1840
With pierced lids, the vessels supported by Ceres and Bacchus, one stamped THOMIRE A PARIS to the base
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

An identical example by Thomire, now in a private collection, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, fig. 5.16.13, p 387.