Live Auction 17186The Collector: Silver and 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics & Works of Art
A PAIR OF FRENCH 'GOUT-GREC' GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE ATHENIENNES
Lot 634 PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE LATE BETTY, LADY GRANTCHESTER

A PAIR OF FRENCH 'GOUT-GREC' GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE ATHENIENNES

ATTRIBUTED TO CHARPENTIER ET CIE, PARIS, CIRCA 1870

Closed14 November 2019

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GBP 10,000

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A PAIR OF FRENCH 'GOUT-GREC' GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE ATHENIENNES
ATTRIBUTED TO CHARPENTIER ET CIE, PARIS, CIRCA 1870
Each with a circular lappeted top supported by alternating herm figures and 'X'-frames, joined by a pierced anthemion-cast stretcher, raised on spreading fluted legs and terminating in hoof feet
39 ½ in. (100.5 cm.) high; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) diameter

Specialist note


A nearly identical example modelled supporting a lamp was exhibited by Charpentier of Paris at the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle (Art Journal: The Illustrated Catalogue of the Universal Exhibition, London, 1867, p. 82).