Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE CHENETS after the model by Quentin-Claude Pitoin one surmounted by the Uffizi Boar, the other by a recumbent stag, each on naturalistically cast rocky plinth with shrubs and foliage, the inverted-breakfront base with central ribbon-tied trailing vine flanked by acorn berried rosettes above a stiff-leaf frieze and beaded inset panel, depicting, respectively, a boar, game-birds and rabbits, and a stag, a duck, a pointer and other birds, the sides cast with ribbon-tied acorn and oak-wreaths, the stepped uprights mounted with dog's-masks, on turned foliate cast tapering feet, the boar stamped 26 , the stag BY826 , early 19th Century The boar 11¾in. (30cm.) wide; 16in. (40.5cm.) high; 7¼in. (18.5cm.) deep The stag 11¾in. (30cm.) wide; 15in. (38cm.) high; 6¾in. (17cm.) deep (2)