A PAIR OF PARCEL GILT AND PATINATED CAST IRON... Lot n° 24

A PAIR OF PARCEL GILT AND PATINATED CAST IRON FIGURAL TORCHÈRES IN THE EGYPTIAN REVIVAL STYLE CAST BY VAL D'OSNE AFTER THE MODEL BY MATHURIN MOREAU, LATE 19TH CENTURY Each in the form of a child wearing shendyt, khat, diadem, embossed sash and jewelled armbands, standing in contrapposto with torch raised in one hand, glass 'flame' moulded shades, the circular base of one signed Barbezat & Cie Val D'osne, the other with shadow mark of old label, now on grey marble stepped square plinths, wired for electricity, re-patinated 164cm high overall, figures with shades 134cm high, marble plinths 36cm high, 33cm squareProvenance; Recorded as having been purchased from E Lineham, Kensington Church Street in November 1967 for £255. For a similar example by the same maker see the pair at Cliveden Estate, Buckinghamshire (NT 765997.2), acquired by Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-99), probably via the Barbezat agent in London. Grosvenor lived at Cliveden from 1868 to 1893. Another pair was sold Christie's, New York, 18 April 2013, lot 214.