Antique French Gilt Bronze Ormolu Napoleon III Lidded Wine Urn Cooler, Circa 1870 Sculpture Paper was rolled up to

Paper was rolled up to create small coils and then gilded or coloured to simulate metalwork

The bowl having twin gilded handles naturalistically modeled as tree branches with gilded leaves

This painting (an early example of the artist's work) is very finely painted in the Pre Raphaelite style

The chair with carved ball finials and a carved backsplat with dragon and cloud form decoration

Antique French Gilt Bronze Ormolu Napoleon III Lidded Wine Urn Cooler, Circa 1870 Sculpture Paper was rolled up toThis item has recently sold. Email us and we might have something similar in inventory. A Fine antique French gilded bronze lidded urn wine cooler, Napoleon III period, in the style of Claude Michel Clodion, circa 1870. This very elegant urn is made of patinated bronze with gilded accents, the lid having a reclining putto. The body of the urn with a frieze of putti engaged in a Bacchanalian feast with a goat featuring to the center of the celebration,