A PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU CHENETS, AFTER A MODEL BY Jacques Caffiéri late 19th century

both inscribed F. par J. Caffieri.

Both with some scattered rubbing, most to edges, and some oxidation; neither extensive. Boar figures slightly loose. In otherwise very good condition.
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An 18th century pair of chenets of this model signed Caffieri and dated 1752, formerly in the Palace of St. Cloud, is in the Cleveland Museum of Art (see Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I., p. 134, fig. 2.9.1).