Plate 4, 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 4 of a series of designs for braziers, tables and other silverware works. The main design on the left side is supported by child half figure holding an eagle behind him. The other brazier designs on the same side feature a dragon, upper design, and a winged lion holding a garland in its mouth, lower design. On the right side, the main design features a male half figure holding a snake. The other designs on that side feature a goat, upper design, and a pensive half figure, lower design. Finally, there are grotesque masks on both sides.

Plate 4, 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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