Arçonnière de devant en cuivre doré et émaillé,... - Lot 84 - Pierre Bergé & Associés

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Arçonnière de devant en cuivre doré et émaillé,... - Lot 84 - Pierre Bergé & Associés
Arçonnière de devant en cuivre doré et émaillé, de style français du XVe siècle, très certainement produite par un des ateliers travaillant pour Louis Marcy de Paris et Londres, fin du XIXe siècle. A gilt-copper and cold enamel plate intended to cover the front of a saddle, in the French early 15th century style, almost certainly from the workshops associated with Louis Marcy of Paris and London, late 19th century. Formed of two halves joined by a central keel-shaped ridge turned over the top, each panel engraved with bold patterns of scrolling acanthus foliage on a contrasting stippled ground, the upper corners applied with raised flattened bosses also of gilt-copper and each decorated with a blue and red enamelled roundel in the Limoges style, each centring an heraldic lion, and the borders fitted with beaded panels pierced with minute holes for fitting the saddle cantle. H.: 35 cm - W.: 41 cm - Wt.: 1470 g. Provenance: Galerie Fischer, Luzern, September 11-14, 1996, lot 478; sold as French or Italian, circa 1400 for CHF 33 000. Art objects, and to a lesser extent some arms and armour, styled in the manner of the 14th and 15th century were the speciality of Louis Marcy, a dealer with galleries in Paris and London. Marcy directed a loose-knit community of highly skilled artisans in Paris, and probably Italy and Spain also. Among these shadowy figures was Henri Husson of Paris. A portable altar now attributed to Husson, decorated with a series of enamelled subjects in the Limoges 13th-14th century style is preserved in the British Museum, London (MLA 1896.7-16.1.). The figural subjects of the enamelled roundels (the Evangelists) compare very closely with the enamelled roundels on the present saddle plate. Further early enamels produced at the behest of Marcy also show a close relationship with the saddle plate. For a comprehensive and authoritative study of the products associated with Marcy, see BLAIR, Claude and CAMPBELL, Marian, Louis Marcy, oggetti d'arte della
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