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A "Black Forest" ivory carved deer letter opener A "Black Forest" ivory carved Italian Greyhound / Whippet running through forest setting. Stained detailing.
Such carvings were from German workshop of the Graf von Erbach-Erbach in Odenwald, and the Kehrer family at Erbach, Ernst (working 1830-40) and his son Edouard (1812-63). They were made from around 1830 to 1860.
German, circa 1860.
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Yr: 1860 |
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A magnificent and rare pair of large Louis XVI style gilt and bronze 'Ryhton' form cornucopia boar chenets / firedogs after Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart (French, 1739 –1813) A magnificent and rare pair of large Louis XVI (1754 –1793) style chenets / firedogs in gilt and bronze. The chenets depict 'Ryhton' form cornucopia with fruiting swags that wrap and fall at the back, and a boar's heads resting on bronze plinths, with a gilt frieze.
After architect Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart (French, 1739 –1813), whose son Alexandre Brongniart became a respected director of the Louvre. The Louvre has a pair of Sevres/Sèvres vases by Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart of similar form and shape, said to be the most astonishing pieces created in Sèvres during the First Empire. Brongniart derived the shapes from ancient Rhyton drinking vessels. The ‘Ryhton’ form originates from the ancient Greeks, a conical horn shape, typically formed into the shape of an animal's head.
French, circa 1860.
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Yr: 1860 |
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A pair of 19th century French, 'Ryhton' form cornucopia opaline vases mounted into ormolu bronze boars A pair of 19th century, French 'Ryhton' form cornucopia opaline glass vases, mounted into ormolu bronze boar’s heads, upon rectangular black marble bases. Each opaline vase is profusely decorated with gilt and polychrome oriental birds, foliage and flowers. Clearly inspired by the architect Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart's (French, 1739 –1813) ‘cornet’ Sevres vases with boars, which are now on display in the Louvre. Brongniart derived the shapes from ancient Rhyton drinking vessels; the ‘Rhyton’ form originates from the ancient Greeks, and forms s conical horn shape, typically formed in the shape of an animal's head. French, circa 1870.
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Yr: 1870 |
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