$1,200
Pair of French bronze ewers. Circa 1870. Signed Victor Paillard. Classically inspired in the Renaissance style, each with a scrolled handle fitted with a winged sphinx, the spout chased with a mask, the body applied with a bearded headed serpent and foliage, with a circular foot, on a conforming stepped black marble base, formerly fitted for electricity. Height 26”. Width 23”. (Cond: drilled, some tarnishing, surface imperfections) (1500/2000)Victor Paillard sculptor and bronze fondeur, apprenticed under the direction Jean-François Denière of Barbedienne. In the 1830s, he opened a bronze casting studio. He appeared in the 1939 Exposition des Products de l’Industrie and subsequently participant in most of the major expositions from 1850 through the 1870's. He was awarded his first medal in 1851 and he received a gold metal in 1967. In 1855 and 1862 he was a member of the juries of the 1855 and 18 62 International Exhibitions in Paris. Paillard was known to have employed as many as 100 skilled craftsman from 1855 through 1874. In 1855 he executed the toilet in bronze for the Empress Eugenie. presently, a bronze Winged Victory" in the Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, and it is purported that the colossal statue of Queen Victoria in bronze and zinc, at the Crystal Palace, London Exhibition, 1850, was by Piallard. See also, Sotheby's, October 29, 2014, lot 115, a similar pair of ewers, height 26", with a combination patinated and gilt surface on a marble base. i
Auctioneer:
Auction Gallery of the Palm Beaches
Date:
2017-01-16