A Pair of Napoleon III Period Gilt-Bronze Figural Groups
FRANCE, Circa 1860
REF No. B74592
dimensions
Height :35 cm | 13³/₄ in
Width :35 cm | 13³/₄ in
Depth :26 cm | 10¹/₄ in
Width :35 cm | 13³/₄ in
Depth :26 cm | 10¹/₄ in
description
A Pair of Napoleon III Period Gilt-Bronze Figural Groups, Allegorical of Hunting and Fishing.
Two finely cast gilt-bronze allegorical figural groups. The first representing Hunting, with a two running figures, one holding a spear and another blowing a horn and holding their captured prey; the second represents Fishing, two figures fishing, one holding a large net and the other kneeling down to hold a fish.
This fine pair of gilt-bronze figures are similar to the pair purchased by King George IV in 1827. The pair (which are still in the Royal Collection; RCIN 35822), one of which an allegory of Sculpture and the other of Painting, are raised on a boulle marquetry base. They are displayed in the King’s Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, and were purchased from Thomas Hamlet for the price of £150.
Hamlet (1770 – 1853) was a significant London-based dealer in jewellery and decorative objects, with important clients such as King George IV, Prince Frederick Augustus, and their sisters, the Princesses Augusta, Elizabeth, Mary and Sophia. He had a premises at St Martin’s Court from about 1892, before moving to 1 Princes Street on the corner of Leicester Square. He died at his home on St James on 21 February 1853.
Two finely cast gilt-bronze allegorical figural groups. The first representing Hunting, with a two running figures, one holding a spear and another blowing a horn and holding their captured prey; the second represents Fishing, two figures fishing, one holding a large net and the other kneeling down to hold a fish.
This fine pair of gilt-bronze figures are similar to the pair purchased by King George IV in 1827. The pair (which are still in the Royal Collection; RCIN 35822), one of which an allegory of Sculpture and the other of Painting, are raised on a boulle marquetry base. They are displayed in the King’s Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, and were purchased from Thomas Hamlet for the price of £150.
Hamlet (1770 – 1853) was a significant London-based dealer in jewellery and decorative objects, with important clients such as King George IV, Prince Frederick Augustus, and their sisters, the Princesses Augusta, Elizabeth, Mary and Sophia. He had a premises at St Martin’s Court from about 1892, before moving to 1 Princes Street on the corner of Leicester Square. He died at his home on St James on 21 February 1853.
