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19th century, French bronze doré hunting / ‘chasse’ boar French horn wall sconces ‘appliques’ A pair of late 19th century bronze and bronze doré hunting / ‘chasse’ triple wall sconces ‘appliques’, the backplate in the form of a boar from head to hoof, with tassel drops. The central sconce arm in the form of a French hunting horn, with the outer sconce arms applied with oak leaf and acorn design. Marked to the reverse “MATIE?â€. French, 1895.
The 18th century master founder Jean Joseph de Saint-German (French, 1719-1791) cast a similar oak leaf and acorn design, circa 1750, but with boar and deer.
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A pencil study of a Bruges lady by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer R.A. (1802-1873) A pencil study of a cottage girl seated on a low wall by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer R.A. (1802-1873). The reverse bears “Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd†label “No. 24116†“London 43, Old Bond Street, Piccadilly, Wâ€. Then a further typed label “Sir E. Landseer R.A. (1802-1873) “A Peasant Women Bruges†From a sketch-bookâ€. Circa 1835 Landseer painted Louisa, Marchinoness of Abercorn (1812-1905) as a ‘cottage girl’ in similar attire. Peasant women were not an unfamiliar subject by Landseer there are several such drawings in The Royal Collection. English, circa 1830.
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- Thomas Agnew and Sons No 24116
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Cairn Terrier oil by Alexander Forbes ARSA (Scottish, 1802 -1839) An oil on canvas of a head study of a Cairn Terrier by Alexander Forbes ARSA (Scottish, 1802 - 1839). Signed bottom left “A Forbes†and dated 1833. The dog wears a linked nickel silver collar bearing the owners’s name “J Gunthrie Esq of Grangeâ€. Alexander Forbes was known as ‘Edwin Landseer of the North’. Scottish, 1833.
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