A gilt and patinated bronze garniture

An early Louis XVI gilt and patinated bronze garniture comprising a covered vase and a pair of ewers
 circa 1775

Height of vase: 40 cm. (15 ¾ in.)     Width: 20.5 cm. (8 in.)

Width and depth of base: 11.8 cm. (4 ½ in.)

Height of ewers: 33.5 cm. (13 ¼ in.)     Width: 15.5 cm. (6 in.)

Diameter of base: 8.1 cm (3 ¼ in.)

The central vase with berried foliate lid, the tapering body mounted with infant caryatids joined by ribbon-tied floral swags. The foliate socle rests on a spirally fluted pedestal with a square plinth.

The pair of ewers’ handles representing female terms draping ribbon-tied floral swags. The foliate socles resting on a spirally fluted pedestal.

Provenance

Christie’s London, 2 July 1987, lots 345 and 346

Galerie Michel Meyer, Paris, 1989

Literature

 La Folie d’Artois, Paris : L’Objet d’Art, 1988, p. 202 (ill.) (the pair of ewers).