A pair of Louis XV gilt bronze hippocamps

A pair of Louis XV gilt bronze hippocamps – circa 1745-1750

Height: 27 cm. (10 ½ in.)    Width: 29 cm. (11 ½ in.)
Width of base: 25.5 cm. (10 in.)    Depth of base: 13.3 cm. (5 ¼ in.)

Comparative Literature :

These hippocamps originally surmounted a pair of firedogs. A pair of this model was sold Sotheby’s Monaco, 15 June 1996, lot 157.

(The ebony bases are later)