Striking Pair Gilt Metal French Rococo Greek Sphinx Fireplace Chenets Andirons

Pair of High Relief Cast Brass Playful Putti Wall Light Sconces Good condition, as seen. From an important private collection. Free international shipping.

Huge Brass Eagle Sculpture 19th Century Good condition. From a private collection. Free international shipping.

Pair of George III Glomyized Glass Mythological Silk Pictures of Eros & Psyche Dating to early late 19th century From a private collection Eros and Psy...

Rococo Giltwood Convex Mirror with Bow and Ribbon Good condition Free international shipping.

Each with a recumbent winged sphinx with scrolling foliate arabesques to their back, upon a bow-ended rectangular gadrooned plinth, the frieze with a panel applied with entrelacs, on fluted toupie feet. Several models of chenets with sphinx exist, dating from the 1780s. An example with winged sphinxes with headresses and with female mask centering the frieze, attributed to either Pierre Gouthière or Pierre-Philippe Thomire, exists in several versions in the Louvre, Versailles and the Cleveland Museum of Art (see H. Ottomeyer/P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol.I, p.276, fig. 4.11.14.). This model is based on a drawing by the architect François-Joseph Bélanger in the Bibliothèque Nationale, illustrated op. cit., fig. 4.11.13. Another type of sphinx chenet...

Pair of finely modeled and cast gilt bronze andirons (chenets) in the neoclassical style measuring 21 1/2 inches tall, 5 in wide and 13 1/2 in deep.

Beautiful pair of Napoleon III gilt and chiseled bronze andirons depicting putti in a rocaille decor and floral garlands. French work CIRCA 1850. Very good condition.

Antique French Louis XV Style Bronze Cherub Chenets Fireplace Andirons - Pair. Item features finely cast bronze details, adorable cherubs, fine acanthus scroll work, quality craftsma...