Offered by Galerie Maxime Fustier
Late 18th, early 19th century French furniture and objets d'art
Pair of busts in patinated bronze. Cicero and Demosthenes.
Cylindrical base in Turquin blue marble on a molded ormolu pedestal decorated with strings and pearls. Gilt bronze pedestal under the busts. A gilded bronze plaque is riveted to the marble columns and bears the names of the philosophers. It is embellished and highlighted with a chain.