A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CHENETS

Lot 219
12.02.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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ID 1538811
Lot 219 | A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CHENETS
Valeur estimée
$ 8 000 – 12 000
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CHENETS
19TH CENTURY
Modeled as military trophies, one based on Roman armor and the other based on Turkish armor, each on a rocaille base cast with scrolls, acanthus, dragons and animal and satyr masks
15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide, the slightly wider




Provenance

Elsie Delora Kilvert (1891-1961), companion of Samuel H. Kress (1853-1955), New York.
Her daughter, Audrey 'Chico' Kilvert Taylor (1908-1968), Paris and New York.
Killam Collection.
With Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) from the above, 22 November 1968.
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