Antique French Gilt Bronze Ormolu Napoleon III Lidded Wine Urn Cooler, Circa 1870 Paintings the gilded case and silvered

the gilded case and silvered dial and porcelain plaques are in remarkable condition

Original glass to the front and rear

the case enclosing an ink stone and ivory stylus with engraved Japanese calligraphy

After Tsar Alexander II expressed interest in his work

Eastern Persia

Antique French Gilt Bronze Ormolu Napoleon III Lidded Wine Urn Cooler, Circa 1870 Paintings the gilded case and silveredThis 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,