Lot n° 563
Estimation :
3000 - 5000
EUR
Spectacular and tall "Psyché couronnant l'Amour" mantel set, - Lot 563
Spectacular and tall "Psyché couronnant l'Amour" mantel set, model after Claude Michallon (1751-1799), large bronze group with brown and gilded patina resting on either side of the griotte red marble mantel adorned with an applied bronze bas-relief decorated with an oil lamp containing a sword on a vegetal interlace flanked by two torches, the black marble dial with gilded Roman numerals. The terrace, decorated with a large beam and a frieze of palmettes, rests on four claw feet.
The candelabras in griotte marble and low-relief gilded bronze applications decorated with friezes, wreaths of flowers and putti, are surmounted by brown patina bronze putti supporting a wreath and the six electrified light arms.
Restoration period.
Height 90 cm
Clock width 56 cm Depth 26 cm
Some chips, cracks and restorations to the marble. One bronze application missing on the candelabra. One light arm to be refixed.
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