"Auguste Delafontaine Large Crater Vases Gilded Bronze 19th Century "
Auguste Maximilien Delafontaine (1813-1892) Pair of large and elegant antique vases of the volute crater type. In gilded bronze, depicting a frieze of horsemen and antique figures, double volute handles, stylized foliage, etc. Resting on truncated columns in veined black marble Excellent condition Height 41 cm Period 19th Bears inside the star monogram "AD" for Auguste Maximilien Delafontaine, Parisian founder of the 19th century