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Paire de cassolettes Napoléon III, marbre sombre et anses en cygne

Deux cols de cygne en bronze forment les anses, la tête plongeant vers une guirlande de feuillage qui ceinture la panse. Le marbre, d'un vert très sombre presque noir, est traversé d'éclairs blancs. Sur l'épaule, une couronne de laurier nouée d'un ruban retient les guirlandes, et à la base de grandes feuilles d'acanthe enveloppent la panse ovoïde. Une pomme de pin couronne le couvercle. Le métal, d'un éclat d'or, se détache sur la pierre polie où la lumière dépose deux reflets nets. Chaque vase repose sur une base carrée à pieds toupie.

Le style Napoléon III accompagne le Second Empire, de 1852 à 1870, et se définit d'abord par son éclectisme : il puise tour à tour dans l'Antiquité, la Renaissance, le Louis XV et le Louis XVI. Le marbre et le bronze doré comptent parmi ses matières de prédilection, et la bourgeoisie française lui reste fidèle des années 1860 aux années 1880. Un antiquaire décrit une paire de cassolettes vers 1880, en marbre blanc et bronze doré, d'esthétique Louis XVI, aux anses en col de cygne : une voisine par le dessin, sinon par la pierre.

Époque
XIXe siècle
Matière
Marbre et bronze ; dorure non précisée
Style
Napoléon III
Dimensions
Hauteur 46 cm
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Two bronze swans' necks form the handles, their heads dipping towards a garland of foliage that circles the body. The marble, a very dark green close to black, is shot through with white flashes. At the shoulder a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon holds up the garlands, and at the base large acanthus leaves wrap the ovoid belly. A pine cone crowns each lid. The metal, with a golden sheen, stands out against the polished stone, where the light leaves two clean reflections. Each vase stands on a square base raised on turned feet.

The Napoleon III style accompanies the Second Empire, from 1852 to 1870, and is defined first by its eclecticism, drawing in turn on antiquity, the Renaissance, Louis XV and Louis XVI. Marble and gilt bronze are among its favoured materials, and the French bourgeoisie stayed loyal to it from the 1860s to the 1880s. A dealer describes a pair of cassolettes of about 1880 in white marble and gilt bronze, Louis XVI in spirit, with swan-neck handles: a close neighbour in design, if not in stone.

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  • Le style Napoléon III correspond au Second Empire (1852-1870), caractérisé par l'éclectisme (Antiquité, Renaissance, Louis XV, Louis XVI), avec le bronze doré et le marbre parmi ses matériaux ; populaire auprès de la bourgeoisie française entre les années 1860 et 1880. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_Napol%C3%A9on_III
  • Une paire de cassolettes en marbre blanc et bronze doré vers 1880, de style Second Empire et d'esthétique Louis XVI, est décrite par un antiquaire avec anses en col de cygne. https://www.antikeo.com/en/catalog/decorative-objects/cassolettes-cups-basins/pair-of-cassolettes-marble-and-bronze-louis-xvi-v-1880-75914

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