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Pair of Andirons in the Form of Eagles

c. 1781
Made by Pierre Gouthière (French, 1732–1813)
This is one of several surviving versions of a pair of andirons that Gouthière originally made for the duchess of Mazarin along with other expensive gilded bronze objects for her Paris town house.

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