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Bracket

Patrof a pair of brackets, of plaster painted to look like ebonised wood cast with children's heads. Each head, the bust emerging from an oval cartouche with moulded edges scrolling at the bottom, faces slightly to the left. Above the hair, which is intertwined with grapes and vine leaves, is a rounded shelf, the edges cast with bands of gadrooning, fluting and guilloche. Size: Height: 19 cm; Width: 15 cm.

School: French

Place: France

Object Type: bracket

Period: Napoleon III

Actual Date: c.1855

Century: 18th century

Materials: Paint, Plaster

Museum Accession Number: FW.412.a