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Lot n° 157

Important pair of eagles of facings In patinated...

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Important pair of eagles of facings In patinated bronze, chased, mounted in two parts. Height : 46 cm. 46 cm ; Wingspan : 38 cm. One eagle with one sulphur eye and one chased, the other with two missing sulphur eyes. A.B.E. Second Empire period. These eagles, of a beautiful model, evoke, with differences, those which decorate in particular the corners of the Vendome column. They must have been used to decorate an official residence during the Second Empire.