Noble & Private Collections Including Property from Corby Castle, Cumbria, and Marco Voena’s London Pied-à-Terre

Noble & Private Collections Including Property from Corby Castle, Cumbria, and Marco Voena’s London Pied-à-Terre

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 196. A French silver jardiniere, Léon Champenois, Paris, circa 1890.

A French silver jardiniere, Léon Champenois, Paris, circa 1890

Live auction begins on:

November 19, 01:30 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Bid

2,400 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Oblong, on four feet, with foliate handles, the body decorated with laurel swags and satyr masks, with metal liner,


35.5cm, 14in. long

3611gr., 116oz

Leon Emile Champenois (1862-1904) was a French silversmith was based at 140 Rue du Temple in Paris and active in the 1890s. His work is characteristic of the historicism of the late 19th century, which drew inspiration from past eras, in this case the Louis XVI period. 

For a further centrepiece by Champenois see Sotheby's, Beijing, 26 November 2014, lot 35.

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