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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU, CUT-GLASS AND MIRRORED SURTOUT-DE-TABLE

Lot 28
06.07.2023 12:00UTC +00:00
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ID 992763
Lot 28 | AN EMPIRE ORMOLU, CUT-GLASS AND MIRRORED SURTOUT-DE-TABLE
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 400 000
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU, CUT-GLASS AND MIRRORED SURTOUT-DE-TABLE

BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1810

Comprising fourteen elements, the central surtout of oval form with pierced gallery of scrolling foliage with swans flanking baskets of flowers and fruits, bacchic masks with four female figures representing the Four Seasons, with a foliate frieze, the mirror plate surmounted by a tazza held aloft by two winged female figures each on a tessellated globe above a rectangular pedestal with vine wreaths centred by baskets of fruit, together with four three-tier etageres, four two-tier etageres and four oval tazze on a rectangular base conformingly decorated, each stamped 'THOMIRE A PARIS', some cut-glass dishes replaced

35 3/4 in. (91 cm.) high; 34 in. (85.5 cm.) wide; 50 in. (127 cm.) long overall;

The central tazza: 36 1/4 in. (92 cm.) high; 28 1/2 in. (72 cm.) wide; 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) deep.

The three-tier etageres: 25 in. (63 cm.) high; 7 in. (18 cm.) diameter.

The two-tier etageres: 13 in. (33 cm.) high; 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) diameter.

The oval tazze: 13 in. (33 cm.) high; 12 in. (31 cm.) wide; 9 3/4 in. (25 cm.) deep.





Provenance

André Masséna (1758-1817), Marshal of the Empire, Prince of Essling and Duke of Rivoli (the centrepiece).

Thence by descent to his son François-Victor Masséna (1799-1863), Prince of Essling and Duke of Rivoli.

Thence by descent to his grandson Victor Masséna (1836-1910), Prince of Essling and Duke of Rivoli until sold;

‘Objets d’art et d’ameublement…Beaux bronzes d’ameublement important surtouts Empire L’un signé de Thomire…Appartenant au Prince de X (Prince d’Essling), Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 15-16 March 1920, lot 146.

Acquired by Georges and René Kaleski for 52,350 FF.



Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

H. Lapauze (ed.),’Le Carnet d’un curieux’, La Renaissance de l'art Français et des industries de luxe, Paris, No. I, January 1920.

H.Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen,, Munich, 1986.



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Applied technique:Ormolu
Medium:Glass, Gold
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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