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A pair of late 19th century Ferdinand Barbedienne gilt bronze mounted banded agate figural garniture ewers circa 1870 (2) image 1
A pair of late 19th century Ferdinand Barbedienne gilt bronze mounted banded agate figural garniture ewers circa 1870 (2) image 2
A pair of late 19th century Ferdinand Barbedienne gilt bronze mounted banded agate figural garniture ewers circa 1870 (2) image 3
Lot 92TP

A pair of late 19th century Ferdinand Barbedienne gilt bronze mounted banded agate figural garniture ewers
circa 1870

Fine Decorative Arts, 1200-1900
18 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £7,650 inc. premium

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A pair of late 19th century Ferdinand Barbedienne gilt bronze mounted banded agate figural garniture ewers

circa 1870
each of pedestal vase form with fixed fruiting finial covers and acanthus leaf lips, the handles modelled as nude females holding onto shells, their feet resting on a small square cushions, above beaded collar friezes cast with Bacchic masks, raised on circular socle and re-entrant cut corner plinth bases, signed F. BARBEDIENNE PARIS, the hookah vase lacking its wire pipe, 41cm high overall (2)

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Provenance:
Sothebys 12th May, 2000, lot 59.

Ferdinand Barbedienne began his Parisian foundry in 1839, in partnership with Achille Collas (1795 -1859). Originally known for bronze reductions of famous classical sculptures, Barbedienne, beginning in the 1850s, developed the manufacturing of decorative objects in bronze with enamel decoration in various revival styles. Following the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870, the firm had to turn to canon founding for a short time, before returning to normal business afterwards.

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