A gold galvanized plaque with a Pompeiian lady at her toilette - image-1

Lot 838 Dα

A gold galvanized plaque with a Pompeiian lady at her toilette

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 10:30 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €
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A gold galvanized plaque with a Pompeiian lady at her toilette

Round plaque in a square frame decorated with figural scene in relief. Engraved lower left "Morel Ladeuil inv. et Fecit 1876", stamped mark. D 33.1, H frame 43.2, W 43.3 cm.
Léonard Morel-Ladeuil, 1876, made for the Philadelphia Exhibition.

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A similar silver plaque with a "Pompeiian lady" with a border by Léonard Morel Ladeuil in the Minneapolis Institute of Art (acc. no. 2003.1.4.).
Léonard Morel-Ladeuil began working for Elkington & Co. in 1859 (see Culme, The Directory of Gold & Silversmiths, vol. I, 1987, p. 141).