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Lot 205*
A pair of Empire gilt bronze ewers attributed to Claude Galle (French, 1759-1815)Circa 1805
21 November 2023, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£5,000 - £8,000
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Find your local specialistA pair of Empire gilt bronze ewers attributed to Claude Galle (French, 1759-1815)
Circa 1805
The scrolled handles surmounted by cockerel heads, the spouts mounted with palmette and foliate wrapped masks above stars, the bodies mounted by musical trophies, trumpeting and dancing muses on waisted socles with pierced palmettes and square plinth bases, 18cm wide, 9cm deep, 38cm high (7in wide, 3.5in deep, 14.5in high) (2)
The scrolled handles surmounted by cockerel heads, the spouts mounted with palmette and foliate wrapped masks above stars, the bodies mounted by musical trophies, trumpeting and dancing muses on waisted socles with pierced palmettes and square plinth bases, 18cm wide, 9cm deep, 38cm high (7in wide, 3.5in deep, 14.5in high) (2)
Footnotes
An identical pair of vases was sold anonymously, Sotheby's, New York, June 2008, lot 160.
























