MID-18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU PRESSE-PAPIERS
MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with a lion resting on a globe and on a rocaille base with stepped shaped socle
4 ¼ in. (11 cm.) high; 6.5 in. (16.5 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

An identical pair of finely chased ormolu lions presse-papiers is now at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (inv. 27174 A -B). This pair was bequeathed to the Museum by Marie Adèle Martin Leroy (1852-1929), daughter of the art collector Victor Prosper Martin-Leroy (1842-1918) and in honor of her son Jacques Martin-Leroy (1876-1915).

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