A Good French Gilt Metal Renaissance Revival Wine Cistern c.1870 antiques Cyrtocarenum rufidens”

Cyrtocarenum rufidens”

survives from the first quarter of the twentieth century

Although mankind had thought of various ways to keep doorways open prior to Victorian times

Rudding Park Estate

depicting Saint Anthony of Padua glancing downward in thought and holding a lily stalk as a sign of his purity

A Good French Gilt Metal Renaissance Revival Wine Cistern c.1870 antiques Cyrtocarenum rufidens”Origin: French Period: 2nd Empire Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 80 Height: 14 Width: 23. 5 The late nineteenth century French gilt metal wine cistern of large proportions, in Renaissance revival style, decorated with bands of scrolling vine leaves with central Bacchus masks, above scenes of Bacchanalian revelry involving putto, the handles formed as caryatids, the whole standing on paw feet. The condition of the cistern is good overall. The patina