Antique French Gilt Bronze Ormolu Napoleon III Lidded Wine Urn Cooler, Circa 1870 Paintings the writing surface having a

the writing surface having a red 'bull's blood' tooled & gilded leather

After Tsar Alexander II expressed interest in his work

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

Eastern Persia

24 cm X 18 cm

Antique French Gilt Bronze Ormolu Napoleon III Lidded Wine Urn Cooler, Circa 1870 Paintings the writing surface having aThis 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,