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Pair of ormolu torches in the taste of Jean-Démosthène...

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Pair of ormolu torches in the taste of Jean-Démosthène Dugourc, the shaft with figures of vestals in caryatids surmounted by a cassolette with lion's heads, resting on a leafy base with a frieze of pearls. Louis XVI style, 19th century. Height. 32,5 cm We find the same type of torch on a drawing by Jean-Démosthène Dugourc, around 1790, kept in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (CD 2703). Expert : Pierre-François DAYOT