Gilded Bronze Flower Pot Enamel Decoration France Late 19th Century
Features
Style: Eclecticism (1870-1890)
Age: 19th Century / 1801 - 1900
Origin: Parigi, France
Material: Gilded Bronze , Enamel
Description
Gilded bronze flower pot with enamel decoration made with champleve technique. Four gilded bronze chiseled feet with plant and flower motifs hold the vase. Two bronze lake reeds shaped handle, fringes. Cylindrical body. The surface is worked with champleve technique enriched with blue, green, violet enamels with various tones depicting plant motifs and geometrical Neogothic taste structures, evident prelude to the nascent Liberty taste. Inside it contains the original metal bowl. France, last quarter 19th century.
Product Condition:
Object in very good condition. Wear consistent with age and use. It may have been restored by an expert.
Maximum size (cm):
Height: 20
Width: 14
Depth: 10
Certificate issued by: Enrico Sala
Additional Information
Notes historical bibliographic
The object is clearly attributable to the work of F. Barbedienne in the second half of the NINETEENTH century. when launched this production of objects champleve, with collaborations of various types for watches etc Barbedienne produced bronze reproductions of classical sculptures, Greek and roman, and experimented with champlève and enamel cloisonné during the third quarter of the century. Barbedienne progressed to arredamentoesponendo at the paris exhibition of 1855, including a dressing table in oak mounted in bronze. In 1850 Barbedienne was commissioned to furnish the Paris town hall for which he was awarded the "medaille d'honneur at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1855. Bibliography : Barbedienne, Ferdinand, Catalogue des Bronzes d'art , 1886, in the Foundry d'art Français: Val d Osne, Fonderie de Tusey, Antoine-Louis Barye, Foundry Rudier, Charles Crozatier, Ferdinand Barbedienne, Livres Groupe, (Paris) 2010Style: Eclecticism (1870-1890)
Towards the end of the 19th century, the taste for the combination of elements taken from various styles of the past asserted itself. The eclectic style is therefore characterized by the mixture of styles typical of the Gothic, the Baroque, the Renaissance, the Neoclassicism in search of elegant compositional virtuosity.Find out more on our blog:
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