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Gardener’s Delight, Antique French Empire Gilt Bronze Beehive Model Encrier

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Great fun for a gardening afficionado - a delightful desk accessory wether you're planning a beautiful garden, tending a beehive, ordering new seeds for the season or wish for a an uplifting reminder at your work space of the bounty and beauty of nature... France, 19th century This fabulous antique French gilt bronze inkstand has a beehive central well with a hay stack cover, several bees on the surface, flanked by two bronze baskets with covers laden with fruit, flowers and wheat sheaves, at the base of one sits a bird leaning over a large basket with a container for sand in the shape of a large bunch of wheat tied with a rope and a bird perched on top as a cover. The back of this fantasy is composed of a group of garden implements which include a sickle, a spade, a trowel, a scythe, ring pliers and a pitch fork tied with an attractive bow and hung with garlands of flowers, masses of grapes, wheat forming a support for a quill. The base designed as naturalistic wood logs topped with rustic wood planks. An amusing mouse sits by the handle of the large front basket nibbling a piece of wheat. The beehive well and the wheat well with porcelain liners, a couple of small fire cracks in the making. Very fine hand chiselled details. Wonderful condition with excellent preservation to the gilding.

Dimensions:
Height: 7.25 in (18.42 cm)Width: 9.82 in (24.95 cm)Depth: 7.25 in (18.42 cm)
Style:
Empire (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze,Gilt
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
19th Century
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU5828232219442

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