A Large Pair of Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Figural Chenets

Each modelled as a pair of musical putti above a rockwork and rocaille base; together with a conforming firescreen with rocaille cast frame surrounding a mesh guard. (3).

(H: 17, W: 23, D: 10 in. (chenets, approx.); H: 28 1/4, W: 29, D: 8 in. (screen))

Provenance

Collection of Robert & Barbara Safford, Vaux Hill, Audubon, Pennsylvania.
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, September 25, 2013, lot 45.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
Private Collection, Long Island, New York.

Condition report:

Ornament complete and intact; minors areas of oxidation and staining on chenets and screen; screen is generally uniform with a few small points of irregularity in the weave.