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Furniture Mount

Furniture mount depicting two bronze horses, in profile, with ormolu reins brides and hooves. The horses are pulling, at a gallop, a chariot lined with ormolu, driven by a winged cherub. The winged cherub wears a drape, and holds up an ormolu laurel wreath. The horses are now separate from the cherub and chariot, but were formerly joined together. Size: Height: 15 cm; Width: 30 cm.

School: French

Place: France

Object Type: engraving

Period: Napoleon I

Actual Date: c. 1810

Century: 19th century

Materials: Ormolu, Bronze

Museum Accession Number: M.247