Antique French Gilt Bronze Ormolu Napoleon III Lidded Wine Urn Cooler, Circa 1870 Paintings The buffet having a carved

The buffet having a carved stepped pediment above a carved frieze of fruiting vine

the case enclosing an ink stone and ivory stylus with engraved Japanese calligraphy

24 cm X 18 cm

Eastern Persia

The tureen lid having a finial shaped as an open pomegranate and finely decorated with floral design

Antique French Gilt Bronze Ormolu Napoleon III Lidded Wine Urn Cooler, Circa 1870 Paintings The buffet having a carvedThis item has recently sold. Email us and we might have something similar in inventory. A Fine antique French gilded bronze lidded urn wine cooler, Napoleon III period, in the style of Claude Michel Clodion, circa 1870. This very elegant urn is made of patinated bronze with gilded accents, the lid having a reclining putto. The body of the urn with a frieze of putti engaged in a Bacchanalian feast with a goat featuring to the center of the celebration,