Plate 2, from "Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie"

Alexis Loir French
 Publisher Pierre Mariette le fils French

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Plate 2 of a series of designs for braziers, tables and other silverware works. The main design on the left side is supported by a sphinx holding a garland of leaves. Other designs on the same side feature a faun, upper design, and a salamander, lower design. On the right side, the main design features a goat's head and leg. The other designs feature a male half figure holding a garland, upper design, and an eagle, lower design. Finally, there are three grotesques masks at the top of the plate.

Plate 2, from "Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie", Alexis Loir (French, 1640–1713), Etching

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