Classic Design Including Property of the Marquess of Anglesey
Classic Design Including Property of the Marquess of Anglesey
Boscoreale Treasure: a French silver ewer, Charles Haek & Achilles Hourdequin, Paris, late 19th century
Lot Closed
April 11, 04:38 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
An electrotype of the wine ewer (oenochoe) from the Boscoreale Treasure, with Victory sacrificing bulls before an altar, also engraved 'Copie du Louvre. Defer S[cuplteur]'.
Height 24cm., 9½in.
1552gr., 49¾oz
The Boscoreale Treasure was discovered in during excavations at a Roman Villa on the outskirts of Pompeii in 1895. It consists of 109 items of silverware as well as gold coins and jewellery, the majority of which is now on display in the Louvre, Paris.
Heliotypes of Haek & Hourdequin's reproductions were used to illustrated Villefosse, Le Trésor D'Argenterie de Boscoreale Près de Pompei, Paris 1895. In the foreword to the work Haek wrote:
'We add heliotype reproductions of the main pieces made from the facsimiles produced in our workshops. The models were established in the presence of the originals from the Louvre by Mr. Defer, sculptor, our collaborator.'