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214 - A pair of centrepieces known as ‘Apollo’s tripods’, made fro…
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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A pair of centrepieces known as ‘Apollo’s tripods’, made from Sèvres biscuit porcelain with gilded highlights. One bears the monogram of Charles X, crowned in blue stencil and dated 1830. Each tripod is inspired by the forms of ancient braziers; the fluted bowl, decorated with friezes of pearls, rays of hearts and facing griffins, rests on a central foliated shaft entwined by a serpent and three legs topped with eagles with outstretched wings and bucrania masks, a frieze of floral arabesques, and rests on clawed feet. Triangular base with recessed edges and a foliage frieze on a gilded bronze plinth. H. 39.5 cm – Diam. 23 cm (significant damage, losses and general restoration; sold as is) Note: - Two other pairs of Apollo tripods dated 1843 have come up for sale, one at Christie’s (New York, sale of 21 October 2005, lot 157: This pair could very well be the two ‘Apollo tripods decorated in gold’, priced at 750 francs each and delivered to the Trianon Palace on 20 March 1843 (Register Vbb 10, folio 110), and the other at Stair (auction of 24 April 2024, lot 100). - We may also mention, in the same vein, the tripod from Napoleon’s coat of arms at the Tuileries, commissioned in 1807 for his marriage to Marie-Louise based on designs by the architect Théodore Brongniart (held at the Louvre Museum, Inv. No. OA 11989).
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Auction time 10/30/2026 at 11:00 AM
Lot description modified on 10/13/2026 at 7:24 PM
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