"Important And Rare Perfume Burner In Gilt Bronze Marble And Bicolor Crystal XIXth Circa 1830."
Important and rare incense burner or night light. In the shape of a street lamp Mount in chiseled gilded bronze. Base in gilded bronze and black marble decorated with acanthus leaves, garlands of flowers and heads of fantastic animals. Barrel and top in two-tone transparent and yellow cut crystal. Openwork cover in original gilded bronze. Parisian work of very good quality and very neat (flower in gilded bronze at the bottom of the interior of the top of the lamppost). Two-tone cut crystal: Manufacture de Saint-Louis or Manufacture de Baccarat..... Very good condition, to report very small chips on the black marble of the base and wear of time of the gilding of the lid. XIXth restoration period around 1830. It was indeed around 1830 that the city of Paris put the first gas burners into service and a series of small amusing objects commemorates this innovation. Dimensions : - hauteur : 38 cm. - diamètre base : 11 cm.Free shipping in France and Europe.