Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection P🌠rincière, Vꩵolume III : À travers l’Hôtel Lambert

Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Prinꦛciè♊re, Volume III : À travers l’Hôtel Lambert

A Louis XVI gilt-bronze and glass lantern, late 18th century

Auction Closed

October 13, 06:27 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

A Louis XVI gilt-bronze and gꩵlass lantern, late 18th century

temple-shaped with a perforated dome with fleurs-de-lis, the four uprights of fluted pilasters surmounted by masks of bearded men and a frieze of leaves of oak; transport ring on the dome, with a suspension ring; the circular base is decorated with 🅰draperies between the four winding feet; (glass replaced)

height 11½in; 29 cm.

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Lanterne en br🌃onze doré d'époque Louis XVI, vers 1780

(les verres remplacés)

height 11½in; 29 cm.

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Coutau-Begarie Paris, 29 November 2017, lot 230.

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Coutau-Begarie Paris, 29 novembre 2017, lot 230.

The fleurs-de-lis on the dome may indicate a probable royal origin. Some lanterns of smaller proportions are mentioned in the 18th century inventories.