Pair of Grand Tour Athénienne vide poches

Beautiful, fine quality pair of Grand Tour patinated bronze Neoclassical tazzas or 'vide poches', after the antique. The busts, often referred to as Athéniennes, are inspired by the Greek caryatids of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis in Athens. Stamped with the 'Reduction Merchanique seal of Achille Collas' to the reverse. French, circa 1870.

H 17cm x D 16cm

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