A French bronze-patinated and parcel-gilt cast-iron figural torchere and pedestal

BY A. DURENNE, SOMMEVOIRE, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A French bronze-patinated and parcel-gilt cast-iron figural torchere and pedestal
By A. Durenne, Sommevoire, Second half 19th Century
The figure cast as a young boy with raised right hand, on a circular pedestal with a stepped top, above a tapering shaft cast in high relief with a female mask to each side, above acanthus, on stepped foot, signed in high relief A DURENNE/SOMMEVOIRE to the foot, the youth also signed
The boy: 55 in. (140 cm.) high to the torch
The pedestal: 35 in. (89 cm.) high (2)