A fine French onyx, champlevé enamel and gilt bronze mounted jardiniere, late 19th century, in the Chinoiserie taste, probably Barbedienne Foundry or Cornu for Gustave Viot et Cie.; of rectangular form, with waisted rim above panels of stylised foliate decoration in green, blues, yellow, red and orange to front and back, the ends each with a coiled dragon in a yellow enamel ground; the angles with openwork scoll cast supports descending to zoomorphic feet, 30.5cm high, 55cm wide overall, 34cm deep From 1858 the sculptor Eugène Cornu (1827 ~ 1899) worked as a designer and project manager for the firm of Gustave Viot et Cie., which was later incorporated with the Onyx Marble Company of Algeria. The firm specialised in the production of high quality works of art incorporating champlevé enamel with gilt bronze and onyx. The stylistic forms and very decorative nature of the items proved to be very popular and it was not long before the already renowned foundry of Ferdinand Barbedienne began to produce similar work Please Note: Two of the four feet are stamped with numbers to the undersides, probably foundry model numbers. Condition report disclaimer
A fine French onyx, champlevé enamel and gilt bronze mounted jardiniere, late 19th century, in the Chinoiserie taste, probably Barbedienne Foundry or Cornu for Gustave Viot et Cie.; of rectangular form, with waisted rim above panels of stylised foliate decoration in green, blues, yellow, red and orange to front and back, the ends each with a coiled dragon in a yellow enamel ground; the angles with openwork scoll cast supports descending to zoomorphic feet, 30.5cm high, 55cm wide overall, 34cm deep From 1858 the sculptor Eugène Cornu (1827 ~ 1899) worked as a designer and project manager for the firm of Gustave Viot et Cie., which was later incorporated with the Onyx Marble Company of Algeria. The firm specialised in the production of high quality works of art incorporating champlevé enamel with gilt bronze and onyx. The stylistic forms and very decorative nature of the items proved to be very popular and it was not long before the already renowned foundry of Ferdinand Barbedienne began to produce similar work Please Note: Two of the four feet are stamped with numbers to the undersides, probably foundry model numbers. Condition report disclaimer
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