Ferdinand Barbedienne - Vide Poche 'Gingko'

$1295 AUD

Item 3158

An exceptional quality Art Nouveau gilt bronze 'vide poche' card / coin tray, of lozenge form, cast with Gingko leaves.
Signed Lancel ?(illegible). Side signed F. Barbedienne, Paris. With original fitted presentation case.

French, Circa 1900.

• Ferdinand Barbedienne, (1810-92) operated an important bronze foundry, active in Paris from 1839 until the foundry’s closure in 1954.
Barbedienne collaborated with Achille Collas, who had invented a method for the mechanical size reduction of larger sculptures. This method allowed for the reproduction of reduced versions of famous Classical and contemporary sculptures by noted French sculptors, including August Rodin.

CONDITION: Excellent

DIMENSIONS: 17 x 10cm

AVAILABILITY: In stock

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