Bronze Jardiniere or Gueridon Attributed to J. Chiurazzi & Fils

The rectangular moulded surround with a zinc liner with a pierced ormolu gallery, above a panelled frieze with a fluted edge, with later handles to the side, raised on turned tapering legs ending in ormolu caps and castors. Joseph Gengenbach, known as Canabas, maître in 1766. This elegant jardinière...

19th century, French bronze planter or Gueridon Measures: cm W 56 x maximum diameter 51 x H 90. H on the floor of the wide 81 cm This refined planter was made in France towards the end of the nineteenth century in the style of «Retour d'Egypte». It consists of a tripod structure in finely chiselled gilded bronze and lacquered in tones. Each leg originates with scroll decorations and phytomorphic elements with golden details, supported by a sphinx with hairstyle, tail and golden wings. This sits on a curvilinear and wavy element decorated with golden ramage and a man’s head with a long beard of classic taste. The legs end with an injured foot and rest on a tripartite base that connects them. In the middle of each leg there is a bronze junction with curls and volutes that converges towards the others in the center, where a vertical element contributes to the momentum and gracefulness of the whole. The basin of the planter is in lacquered tin, with gold edges and reserves. The rising part of the tub has some holes that allow the breathability of the space. This tripod is inspired, with variations, to a famous model of the brothers Luigi and Antonio Manfredini, active in Milan at the beginning of the nineteenth century, financed by the viceroy of Italy Eugenio de Beauharnais, adopted son of Napoleon Bonaparte, for the opening of the real manufacture of Eugenia. The Retour d'Egypte style was widely echoed in France and Europe and originated from General Bonaparte’s military campaign in Egypt in 1799. The fashion of the Egyptians had already in Italy found a previous interpreter in the engraver Giovan Battista Piranesi, but the vast diffusion that also had in the furniture the Egyptian ornament...

19th Century Bronze Jardiniere features a classic design inspired by ancient Greek and Roman architecture, with a generous coupe that can hold your centerpiece design for all to appr...

Perfect Jardiniere o classic vase to go on a pedestal or column Beautiful planter in the shape of a classic brass cup. It has a classic and timeless elegant shape. It is very decorative and stylish. It is in perfect condition, with the patina of the passage of time. If the buyer wants to, he can polish it with some suitable liquid for it, but for now we have kept the patina for time so that whoever falls in love with it can choose between polished brass or keep the patina It is so elegant and beautiful that it could be perfect wherever you put it On a sideboard, on a pedestal, on top of a side table, inside the house, or in the garden or terrace. Beautiful planter or large brass vase in the shape of a classic Roman cup...