Offered by Isabelle Chalvignac
Pair of bronze busts with brown patina , representing the famous writers :
Voltaire
Rousseau
on bases in columns of jasper grey and white marble , on a square plinth .
Each stamped 1790 and Pierre Philippe Thomire (1751-1843 ) ,a French sculptor was the most prominent bronzier or Producer of ornamental patinated and gilt-bronze objects .
Heigth 15,3/4 inches , Bases 4,3/4 x 4,3/4 inches