Restoration Period Franche-comté Fireplace Plate (114x97 Cm)

Restoration period Franche-Comté fireback, with a floral bouquet in an ovoid medallion surrounded by holly branches tied with a ribbon, topped with a royal crown topped with a lictor's fasces and flanked by two columns surmounted by a flower vase. Two gadrooned vases with handles complete its decoration. This crown topped with a lictor's fasces, symbol of the union and strength of French citizens gathered to defend the liberty in use since the first republic, tells us of the attachment of the people of Franche-Comté to the republic. The columns: Plural meanings as for the coat of arms of the city of Besançon, they evoke the ancient columns which still stood at the end of the 15th century at the top of the site of the citadel of Besançon, near the Roman road coming from Geneva, and can also be a reference to the columns of Hercules, one of the emblems of Charles V. Its weight is 115 kg. You can visit our site: www.claudeaugustin.com