Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Patinated Bronze Ewers

An excellent quality pair of large late 19th century gilt bronze mounted granite vases Each vase surrounded by bronze rope and tassels with large climbing putto handles, centered ...

Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Planters Each urn mounted with bow tied ribbons connected in the front and back with a foliate swags. In late 1...

A large and impressive pair of late 19th century gilt bronze mounted rouge marble urns. Each urn mounted with bronze ram heads connected by bronze wreaths.

A Pair of late 19th century French bronze and Griotte Uni marble ewers After Claude-Michel Clodion Each with fluted spreading neck fronted with a grotesque mask and a pair of entwined serpent handles, above the tapering body cast in high relief with satyrs, bacchante and putti with acanthus-cast lower section , on a square base. Claude Michael Clodion, [1738-1814], was the son-in-law of sculptor Augustin Pajou; he trained in Paris in the workshops of Lambert Sigisbert Adam, his maternal uncle and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, the most successful sculptor of the time. After winning the Prix de Rome, he moved to Italy, sharing a studio with Jean-Antoine Houdon and studying antique, Renaissance, and Baroque sculpture. In 1771 Clodion returned to Paris, where he continued to produce mostly in terracotta. He also worked with his brothers in other media, decorating objects...

A pair of gilt and patinated bronze Ewers in the Manner of Clodion, by Maison Giroux. Signed ‘Alph. Giroux Paris’. Each ewer having a tapering ovoid body finely cast with a pa...

Important pair of Napoleon III ewers in chased gilt bronze with rich decoration in relief of stylized foliage, friezes of palmettes, and vine branches framing a frieze of putti reali...

An impressive pair of Renaissance Revival cast gilt bronze ewers. Italian circa 1900. Each decorated with formal foliate decoration and heavy scroll work. With long ornate handle and...

A pair of Renaissance-style French patinated bronze ewers cast overall with trailing grape vines on a punched ground, the handles with cherub mounts issuing from the rims descending ...