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Chimera cup - Troubadour Style - 19th century - Napoléon III

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Chimera Cup

Non-ferrous metal: possibly patinated bronze or at least a copper alloy

19th century Troubadour style - Napoleon III period

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19th century Troubadour Chimera Cup - Napoleon III period

The Troubadour style of the 19th century was an artistic movement that emerged during the French Restoration, flourished under the reign of Charles X around 1820/1830 and lasted until the end of the 19th century under the Second Empire, notably with the decoration and furnishing of the Château de Pierrefonds by Viollet Le Duc.

The Troubadour style tended to reinvent an idealised atmosphere of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, particularly through the use of ornamentation on objects, with whimsical heraldic motifs or unicorns and chimeras mixed in with plant motifs. It was these mixtures that determined the troubadour style in French decorative arts.

Made of non-ferrous metal, as it does not react to magnets, possibly patinated bronze or at least a copper alloy, especially since in places where the black patina has faded, the layer appears to be orange-red in colour, typical of bronze or alloy metals with a high copper content.

This may have been a chimney pot. The lid is not fixed and can be removed.

Dimensions

Height: approx. 21cm - Width: approx. 25cm - Weight: 1.420 kg

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