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Illustrating yet another use for gilt bronze in the interior, this faucet consists of a nozzle that is decorated with foliate scrolls and a trelliswork pattern dating it to the second quarter of the eighteenth century. Its handle, also serving as a valve, terminates in a dragon’s head.
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Title: Faucet (one of a pair)
Date: 1725–50
Culture: French
Medium: Gilt bronze
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 9 x 6 x 1 3/4 in., 4.7lb. (22.9 x 15.2 x 4.4 cm, 2.1092kg)
Classification: Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906
Object Number: 07.225.510.37a, c
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