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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND
PATINATED BRONZE BRULE PARFUM
CIRCA 1820-40
The central vase mounted with floral band, hung
with grape vine garland, supported on three ram's
head monopodie supports, on tripartite base, with
an associated lid centered by pineapple finial
30Ω in. (77.5 cm.) high, 13 in. (33 cm.) wide, 10 in.
(25.5 cm.) deep
$15,000-25,000
PROVENANCE:
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.
EXHIBITED:
New York, The Chinese Porcelain Company, From
Paris to St. Petersburg, Important French and
Russian Furniture and Works of Art, 6-31 October
1998.
LITERATURE:
The Chinese Porcelain Company, From Paris to
St. Petersburg, Important French and Russian
Furniture and Works of Art, New York, 1988, pp.
83-85, no. 23.
The design of this large brûle parfum was inspired
by the oeuvres of two of the most influential
bronziers of the late Louis XVI period; François
Rémond (1747-1812) and Pierre-Philippe Thomire
(1751-1843). Rémond's influence is particularly
evident in the graceful attenuated legs forming a
tripod base and the ram's head-form finials. For
the design of a related candelabrum by Rémond
see H.Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete
Bronzen, Vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 266, fig. 4.9.5.
Thomire is also known to have executed objects
of comparable form, such as a pair of Directoire
ormolu and patinated bronze candelabra, see
Christie's, Paris, 27 November 2018, lot 519.

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