Rare pair of fruit baskets in chased and... - Lot 311 - Auction Art Rémy Le Fur & Associés

Rare pair of fruit baskets in chased and gilded bronze, nielloed silver and hard stones. They are decorated with loves and figures in architectural settings. The scrolled handles are adorned with masks and ram-headed chimeras. Base decorated with foliage and pearl friezes. The oval basins in engraved and gilded crystal are decorated with a frieze of vine shoots. Louis-Philippe period circa 1840-1842 (small traces of wear) H : 43 W : 28 D : 25 cm Provenance : Dessert service made for the Duc d'Orléans (1810-1842) by the bronzemaker Jean-François Denière (1774-1866), the sculptor Jean-Baptiste-Jules Klagmann (1810-1867), after the ornemaniste Aimé Chenavard (1798-1838). Sale by the Duchesse d'Orléans, Paris, Maître Bonnefon de Lavialle, January 18-20, 1853.