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The drawing was executed on laid paper with the natural deckled edges of the sheet intentionally left exposed, lending the composition a wonderful sense of period authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe work bears a signature in the lower left, consistent with the hand of a trained French academic artist. A companion piece by the same hand has been attributed to the mid-1800s, placing this drawing squarely within the golden age of French classical training, when study from antique casts and mythological subjects was the foundation of every serious artist's education. This piece was acquired in Paris, adding to its provenance and appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePresented in a warm honey-toned wood frame with a deep charcoal mat and conservation glass, the framing is both handsome and period-appropriate. 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At the center right, a semi-draped goddess reclines regally on a wheeled chariot pulled by a powerful horse, while two attendant figures — one a helmeted warrior with arm raised in triumph, the other a companion striding beside the wheel — animate the procession with a sense of movement and ceremony. A small winged Eros hovers near the animal in the lower left, a subtle signature of divine presence. The entire composition is rendered with confident, sculptural line work that evokes the great friezes of the ancient world: the Elgin Marbles, the Ara Pacis, the great triumphal reliefs of Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe drawing bears the artist's signature in the lower left — the same hand responsible for the Athena figure drawing in our collection, a French academic artist whose companion piece has been attributed to the mid-1800s. Both works share the same atelier tradition: a rigorous study of antique sources, classical mythology, and the sculptural ideal that defined the great École des Beaux-Arts curriculum. This piece was acquired in Paris, lending it additional provenance and Continental character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt has been thoughtfully custom framed with a deep charcoal mat that allows the warm tone of the aged paper to breathe, and enclosed under conservation glass to protect the work for generations. The deckled edges of the original sheet are kept deliberately visible within the mat opening, honoring the antique character of the paper rather than concealing it. The frame itself is a warm gilded wood moulding that suits the grandeur of the classical subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFramed dimensions: 23\" wide × 17\" tall. 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Rendered in fine detail on translucent paper, the piece is accompanied by archival research on the house's history, offering a rare window into the design process behind early 20th-century French jewelry. A distinctive find for collectors of jewelry ephemera, decorative arts, or Parisian design history. 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The silvering has developed a rich, darkened patina in the recesses that beautifully emphasizes Napoleon’s features and the individual leaves of his wreath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe laureate image of Napoleon was used extensively in 19th-century French decorative arts, and comparable French bronze busts from the period frequently pair Napoleon with elaborate gilt-bronze bases.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e4.25” high \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49090317648091,"sku":null,"price":365.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/56143DA1-3E47-4DB5-BE35-DBD1E26D9DEC.jpg?v=1786126090"},{"product_id":"antique-french-oil-painting-attributed-to-henri-rolland-in-the-manner-of-monticelli","title":"Antique French Oil Painting, Attributed to Henri Rolland, in the Manner of Monticelli","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAntique French Oil Painting, Attributed to Henri Rolland, in the Manner of Monticelli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA wonderfully atmospheric antique French oil painting on board depicting an intimate gathering of elegantly dressed women, rendered with exceptionally rich, expressive brushwork. Deep jewel tones, flashes of rose, cream and gold, and areas of heavily worked impasto emerge dramatically from the dark background.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe painting is attributed to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHenri Paul Rolland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a French painter whose story is particularly fascinating. Rolland became closely associated with the work of Marseille painter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdolphe Monticelli (1824–1886)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, whose distinctive paintings were celebrated for their rich color, romantic subjects and unusually thick, expressive application of paint. Rolland is documented as having produced paintings in Monticelli’s manner, and works attributed to him are known bearing a “Monticelli” signature rather than his own. One documented example attributed to Rolland and signed Monticelli was even illustrated in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLes faux Monticelli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Sauveur Stammégna.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis painting bears what appears to be a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Monticelli” signature at lower right\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, adding another layer to its intriguing history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe panel is signed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMonticelli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e along the lower edge. It is not by Monticelli. Henri Paul Rolland (1891–1923) spent his brief career painting garden scenes in Monticelli’s manner and signing them with Monticelli’s name, and French salerooms have catalogued his panels on exactly that basis for decades — the signature is a fact of the object’s history, not a claim about its authorship. What remains is a painting of real quality by a painter whose work has outlived the deception it was built on: the impasto is genuinely extraordinary, the composition assured. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe surface is particularly beautiful in person, with substantial impasto and visible, energetic brushwork throughout. An evocative little piece of French art history as well as a striking decorative painting. 18.25 x 12.25 inches. The painting is on board. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Antique condition with age-related wear. Please refer to photographs for details.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Attributed to Henri Paul Rolland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSignature:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Bears a “Monticelli” signature, lower right\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Oil\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e France\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49090534408411,"sku":null,"price":1195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/8D1C8764-89C5-42FC-A006-1A7110003BFF.jpg?v=1786127190"},{"product_id":"antique-french-oil-painting-attributed-to-henri-rolland-in-the-manner-of-monticelli-note-disclaimer-in-description","title":"Antique French Oil Painting, Attributed to Henri Rolland, in the Manner of Monticelli (note disclaimer in description)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAntique French Oil Painting, Attributed to Henri Rolland, in the Manner of Monticelli (note disclaimer in description) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA striking antique French oil on wood panel depicting three elegantly dressed women gathered beside a swan in a romantic garden setting. Measuring approximately \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e21” x 18.25”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the painting is especially beautiful for its extraordinary surface, with thick, expressive impasto and layers of blue, turquoise, cream, ochre and burgundy giving the composition an almost jewel-like quality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work is attributed to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHenri Paul Rolland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a French painter associated with paintings executed in the distinctive manner of Adolphe Monticelli. Monticelli’s richly colored, heavily worked paintings of elegant figures and romantic garden scenes developed an unmistakable style, and works attributed to Rolland are known that closely follow this tradition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA faint signature remains along the lower edge, although it is considerably less legible than that of its companion painting.    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe panel is signed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMonticelli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e along the lower edge. It is not by Monticelli. Henri Paul Rolland (1891–1923) spent his brief career painting garden scenes in Monticelli’s manner and signing them with Monticelli’s name, and French salerooms have catalogued his panels on exactly that basis for decades — the signature is a fact of the object’s history, not a claim about its authorship. What remains is a painting of real quality by a painter whose work has outlived the deception it was built on: the impasto is genuinely extraordinary, the composition. We attribute the panel to Rolland. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe subject is particularly charming: three fashionable women emerge almost dreamlike from the garden, while a beautifully rendered white swan occupies the foreground. Up close, the painting becomes almost abstract, with remarkably thick passages of paint revealing the artist’s brushwork.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e France\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Oil on wood panel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAttribution:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Henri Paul Rolland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 21” H x 18.25” W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Antique condition with age-related wear. The wooden panel has a partial crack visible from the reverse; please see photographs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49090644148443,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/F209C894-DB60-476B-8F8C-930F0F1D3E42.jpg?v=1786127848"},{"product_id":"antique-french-landscape-oil-painting-on-board","title":"Antique French Landscape Oil Painting on Board","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAntique French Landscape Oil Painting on Board\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA charming \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eantique French oil painting on board\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, depicting a quiet pastoral landscape with mature trees, water, a small cottage in the distance, and a tiny figure tucked into the scene.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe painting has wonderful texture throughout, with expressive brushwork and beautifully layered greens, soft neutrals, and earthy tones. Its small scale makes it especially easy to style on a shelf, easel, or within a collected gallery wall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe painting was previously framed, and there is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esome age-related wear along the upper edge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e where the frame once sat. No artist signature is visible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Antique French • Oil on board • Unsigned • Approximately \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7.5” wide x 4.5” high\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e • Unframed • Age-related wear and surface variation consistent with an antique painting, including wear along the top edge from prior framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49090648211675,"sku":null,"price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/FA69B1B2-F463-44CF-8B01-AA03B5909D5D.jpg?v=1786128027"},{"product_id":"antique-french-landscape-oil-painting-on-board-1","title":"Antique French Landscape Oil Painting on Board","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAntique French Landscape Oil Painting on Board\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA charming \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eantique French oil painting on board\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, almost certainly by the same hand as the companion landscape. This pastoral scene depicts a lone figure walking through the countryside, surrounded by tall trees, a rustic fence, and distant buildings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe artist used wonderfully textured, expressive brushwork, particularly through the foliage and sky, giving this small-scale painting a surprising amount of depth and atmosphere. I especially love the tiny figure tucked into the landscape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe painting was previously framed and retains \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evisible wear around the perimeter where the former frame rested\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, slightly more pronounced than on its companion. This would largely be concealed if the painting were reframed. No visible artist signature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Antique French • Oil on board • Unsigned • Approximately \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7.75” wide x 4.25” high\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e • Unframed • Age-related surface and edge wear consistent with age and previous framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49090687172827,"sku":null,"price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/96B97019-C489-4EFD-9D01-4932C0532A53.jpg?v=1786129226"},{"product_id":"19th-century-french-porcelain-bronze-casket","title":"19th Century French Porcelain \u0026 Bronze Casket","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e19th Century French Porcelain \u0026amp; Bronze Casket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautiful \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e19th-century French porcelain casket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, richly decorated with hand-painted floral details, intricate gilt ornamentation, and elaborate bronze mounts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe porcelain body features a delicate \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eblue and gilt latticework pattern\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with tiny leafy garlands creating an almost textile-like effect across the surface. Hand-painted floral reserves of pink, purple, yellow, and turquoise blossoms decorate both the front and lid, surrounded by scrolling gilt borders. A broad textured band of gold along the lid gives the piece an especially luxurious presence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe porcelain is set within an ornate \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egilt bronze framework\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, complete with decorative trim, an elaborate foliate clasp, and four beautifully cast scrolling feet. The interior is finished in white porcelain with an additional hand-painted rose tucked inside the lid—a charming detail revealed when the casket is opened.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe casket is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunmarked\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as many French decorative porcelain pieces of the period were. Its combination of finely decorated porcelain and elaborate bronze mounting is characteristic of the luxurious decorative objects produced in France during the 19th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is age-related wear to the gilt and bronze mounts and minor imperfections consistent with age, all contributing to its wonderful antique character. Please review photographs closely for condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA spectacular little jewel of a piece, beautiful displayed on a dressing table, atop a stack of books, or collected as an example of 19th-century French decorative arts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeasurements:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Approximately \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6.5” L x 4” D x 5” H\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49101713899739,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/0B1F3EA3-EDFF-46E7-BA7F-9CD42348AE5E.jpg?v=1786139713"},{"product_id":"vintage-french-sanguine-reclining-nude-figure-study","title":"Vintage French Sanguine Reclining Nude Figure Study","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage French Sanguine Reclining Nude Figure Study\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA charming \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evintage French sanguine figure study\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, sourced in Paris. Rendered in warm red sanguine on softly aged cream paper, the sketch depicts a reclining female nude captured with loose, expressive lines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTraditionally favored by artists for studies of the human figure, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esanguine is a red or reddish-brown drawing medium\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e prized for its warm, earthy quality. Here, the artist uses economical, fluid strokes to suggest the curves and posture of the figure, with visible exploratory lines offering a wonderful glimpse into the artistic process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRather than a highly finished drawing, this piece has the immediacy and intimacy of an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eartist’s working studio study\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The warm terracotta tones against the naturally aged paper give it a particularly beautiful Parisian atelier feel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnsigned and artist unknown. Exact age is unknown. The paper shows toning, creasing, and signs of age and handling consistent with a vintage work on paper. Please review photographs closely for condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeautiful framed on its own or incorporated into a collected gallery wall alongside antique paintings, engravings, and other works on paper. 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Tiny figures in period dress gather along the shoreline, some strolling at the water’s edge while others sit on the sand, with small sailboats in the distance and a low coastal landscape stretching across the horizon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDespite its petite scale, the artist has included wonderful little details, from the colorful dresses and hats of the beachgoers to their reflections along the wet shoreline. The soft, muted palette of sandy ochres and pale blues gives the painting a wonderfully atmospheric quality and an understated old-world charm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe painting is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esigned in the lower corner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and presented in a striking period-style frame with a warm faux-burl finish accented by black molding. The frame has age-related wear and imperfections that complement the character of the painting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA particularly sweet little French coastal painting, perfect tucked onto a bookshelf, displayed on an easel, or incorporated into a collected gallery wall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Painting on board\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e France\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Lower corner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeasurements:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Approximately \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8” x 7” overall, including frame\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAntique and vintage pieces show signs of age and use consistent with their history. 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The opaline body is richly hand-painted with naturalistic floral garlands, characteristic of the Louis-Philippe period.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe glass form would have been produced by a major Lorraine glasshouse, a region that included leading manufacturers such as Baccarat and Saint-Louis, which supplied high-quality undecorated opaline blanks to the luxury trade. This piece is very likely a Baccarat supplied blank from my research. These blanks were then finished by independent decorative ateliers. The floral painting on this example aligns closely with documented work from the workshop of Jean-François Robert, an important 19th-century decorator known for applying naturalistic enamel decoration to opaline glass during the 1830s–1840s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe casket is fitted with finely chased gilt bronze mounts, including a pierced escutcheon, twisted rope molding, scrolling feet, and side handles. This style of mounting is consistent with high-quality workshops operating in Mannheim and Paris, where glass objects were often completed with bronze fittings before entering the European luxury market.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a harmonious object in which glass, decoration, and metalwork are fully integrated—reflecting the collaborative production model typical of the period. Comparable examples are illustrated in authoritative French references on opaline glass and mid-19th-century decorative arts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA refined and highly collectible piece, ideal for display in a vitrine or as a statement object within a curated interior. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eabout 5½” wide × 4¾” high\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterial: Opaline with hand-painted enamel decoration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMounts: Gilt bronze\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrigin: France\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate: Circa 1835–1845\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Very good antique condition with age-appropriate wear to the bronze; decoration remains vibrant and well preserved. 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Smaller boats sit further out with their sails slack, figures work the strand in the foreground, and the whole scene takes place beneath a sky that occupies more than half the panel and does most of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a small painting that behaves like a large one. The palette is held to greys, blue-greens and wet sand brown, with the entire colour budget spent in four places: the flag, a blue cap, a stroke of orange, and the white of a woman's coif. The handling is quick and confident, the figures set down with a very fine brush over a broadly scumbled ground, in the working manner of the painters who made a genre of the Normandy tide line through the middle decades of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned lower right. The signature is small, thinly painted and sunk into the sand tones around it, and it does not resolve cleanly under ordinary light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoused in a gilt frame with a bead-and-reel inner edge, in excellent condition. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12.25\" x 8\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedium: Oil on board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSignature: Signed lower right, indistinctly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubject: Beach at low tide with beached coaster and figures, French coast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrame: Gilt frame with bead-and-reel inner edge, excellent condition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate: France, second half of the 19th century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49143709630683,"sku":null,"price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/CED1EC08-5552-42E9-B186-CF190ABB339C.jpg?v=1786817215"},{"product_id":"louis-botinelly-francine-plaster-profile","title":"Louis Botinelly, \"Francine\" — Patinated Plaster Profile","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLouis Botinelly, \"Francine\" — Patinated Plaster Profile\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrance | First Half of the 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA young woman in profile, cut in low relief on a squared plaster panel and patinated a warm terracotta. She faces left with a short bob curving in at the jaw and her chin fractionally lifted. The modelling of the hair has been left frankly visible, so you can still read the direction of the tool through it, and the whole thing has the unhurried confidence of a sculptor working small for his own reasons. Her name is cut into the plinth along the lower edge: FRANCINE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLouis Botinelly (1883-1962) was born at Digne-les-Bains and worked from an atelier on the rue Buffon in Marseille. He worked in public commissions in France. He also entered the art competitions at the 1932 Olympic Games. This panel is the other half of that life, made at studio scale and finished to pass for terracotta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlasters of this kind were the working currency of a sculptor's studio rather than finished goods, and they wear accordingly. The patina is rubbed through to white here and there, and the edges and plinth carry chips from handling. It reads as an object that was kept and moved and lived alongside, which is most of its charm. A steel hanging ring is fitted at the top edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtist: Louis Botinelly (1883-1962)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle: Francine, incised on the plinth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Plaster, patinated in imitation of terracotta\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 9.5 in high x 7.75 in wide (24 x 19.5 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForm: Bas-relief panel with hanging ring at the top edge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Wear and chipping consistent with a studio plaster, including losses to the patinated surface and chips to the edges and plinth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49143714808027,"sku":null,"price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/C7B26B96-15BD-431A-8BAE-60560B051BDB.jpg?v=1786817313"},{"product_id":"antique-portrait-painting","title":"Antique Portrait of a Young Woman in Tyrolean Dress","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAntique Portrait of a Young Woman in Tyrolean Dress\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAustrian or German School | 19th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA young woman turns out of a dark ground in a broad green felt hat with a spray of flowers pinned at the brim, a red wool shawl crossed over a white blouse and dark bodice. She is caught mid-glance rather than posed, and the painter has given her a faint, unreadable half-smile that does a great deal of work at this scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe costume is the giveaway. The broad green hat and crossed red fichu belong to the Alpine Trachten of the Tyrol, which nineteenth-century painters working out of Munich and Innsbruck turned into an entire genre. Pictures of this kind were made for people who wanted the mountains without the walk, and the good ones are painted with real attention. This is a good one. Look at the sleeve, where the white is dragged on wet in single loaded strokes, or at the shawl, which carries three distinct temperatures of the same red.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned, though the signature does not resolve legibly. The reverse is sealed with old paper and strips of French newspaper laid over the frame edges, so the picture spent a long stretch of its life in France, whatever mountain it started on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe frame is period gilt and gesso, cast with a running foliate ornament, and honestly worn: the gilding is rubbed through to the ground in places, with small losses along the mouldings. It suits the picture rather better than a restored one would.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubject: Young woman in Tyrolean costume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedium: Oil on board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSignature: Signed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate: 19th century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 11.75 in x 10.75 in framed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrame: Period gilt gesso with cast foliate ornament, with wear and small losses\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49143717429467,"sku":null,"price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/1F507BD8-54B9-45A3-ABBE-A3D651DB3441.jpg?v=1786817622"},{"product_id":"antique-french-holy-water-font-2","title":"Antique French Gilt Bronze Angel Bénitier on Velvet Mount","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAntique French Angel Holy Water Font on Velvet\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrance | 19th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA standing angel in gilt metal, wings folded upright to frame the figure, one hand laid at the breast and the other raised with a spray of lilies. Beneath the feet the clouds gather into a bank of silvered cherub heads, and out of the middle of them the basin rises: a small gilt cup, the entire purpose of the object and the least assuming part of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a bénitier, a domestic holy water font. Any French household of even modest observance kept one, usually beside a bedroom door, where the last gesture of the evening and the first of the morning was to touch the water. Most were stamped out by the thousand and look it. This one was cast with some ambition: the drapery falls in real folds, the wing feathers are chased individually, and the cherub heads below have been given distinct faces rather than one face repeated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is mounted, as these almost always were, on a shaped wooden backboard covered in velvet. Here that velvet is a faded rose red gone soft and dusty with light and time, which is exactly the state you want it in. Original velvet of this age reads far better than replaced velvet, and is a good deal harder to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lily settles the iconography. It makes this an Annunciation angel, Gabriel or the type, though the workshops turning these out were not always strict about such things. 14” x 8” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eObject: Bénitier, holy water font\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Gilt and silvered metal on a velvet-covered wooden backboard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubject: Standing angel with lilies above a cloud and cherub basin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigin: France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate: 19th century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Good antique condition, with rubbing to the gilding and softening and fading to the velvet consistent with age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49143718314203,"sku":null,"price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/33CCB602-0C6F-478F-B683-ED8592EC15AA.jpg?v=1786817720"},{"product_id":"antique-french-salvage-wood-wall-hanger","title":"Antique French Carved Wood Salvage Pilaster","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAntique French Carved Wood Salvage Pilaster\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrance | 19th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tapering carved pilaster, lifted out of whatever larger scheme it once belonged to and left to stand as its own object. A small capital of paired volutes sits beneath a projecting cap at the top. A trailing branch of laurel runs the length of the shaft, every leaf undercut by hand. At the foot the whole thing resolves into a deep scrolled acanthus with a fluted shell at its heart, which is where the carver clearly enjoyed himself most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paint is a soft grey-blue, rubbed back along every raised edge to a chalky cream. That is how old painted wood always wears, the carving taking the traffic while the flat ground keeps its colour, and nothing here has been tidied or evened out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTurn it over and the case is closed: bare oxidised timber, never finished because it was never meant to be seen, old nail holes, and worm holes running with the grain. The worm holes show on the face as well, small and dark and scattered along the shaft. On French salvage of any real age they are less a flaw than a signature, and they are the reason a piece like this reads as found rather than made. A small hanging ring is fitted at the top for wall display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElements of this kind came out of boiserie, bed frames, armoires and chimneypieces whenever an interior was remodelled, and the ones that survived were kept because somebody could see the carving was worth keeping. Hang it, or lean it, somewhere the afternoon light rakes across the carving. 14.75” x 5”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eObject: Architectural salvage, carved pilaster\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Carved wood in old grey-blue paint, unfinished to the reverse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigin: France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate: 19th century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMounting: Hanging ring fitted at the top\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Good antique salvage condition, with old worm holes to the face and reverse, paint wear to the raised carving, and old fixing holes consistent with a piece removed from a larger scheme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49143757013211,"sku":null,"price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/43C6E4A6-5875-42DF-94F4-0AA737484935.jpg?v=1786822140"},{"product_id":"antique-yellow-baccarat-opaline-scent-bottle","title":"Antique Yellow Baccarat Opaline Scent Bottle","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAntique Baccarat Yellow Opaline Scent Bottle\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrance | Circa 1860\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA scent bottle in hard to find yellow opaline, the body moulded overall in pointes de diamant, the diamond-point pattern Baccarat carried across its glass for decades, so that the entire surface breaks the light into small facets. The colour is the thing. It is a clear, high, acid yellow that opaline very rarely achieves and that no photograph quite settles. A gilt band circles the shoulder, and the stopper is a separate piece of white opaline modelled as a tulip bud, petals furled, edged in gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe model is pictured in Baccarat's 1860 catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYellow was among the more difficult opalines to make, which is why it appears so seldom beside the pinks and blues that everyone knows. This one has kept its saturation entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition, stated plainly, because it matters here. The bottle itself is sound: no chips, no cracks, with loss only to the gilding. The stopper has several chips to the petal tips, with gilt wear in the same places. Against that, the piece still presents beautifully, and the damage is where a hand has touched it for a hundred and sixty years rather than anywhere structural.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse it as it was made, or don't. At seven and a half inches it works as a small vase, and with the stopper set beside it rather than in it, the two read as a still life on their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eObject: Scent bottle with tulip-bud stopper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaker: Baccarat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Yellow opaline with white opaline stopper, gilt decoration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePattern: Moulded pointes de diamant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigin: France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate: Circa 1860, the model pictured in Baccarat's 1860 catalogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: 7.5 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Bottle with no chips or cracks and loss to the gilding; stopper with several chips to the petal tips and associated gilt wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49143757504731,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/46F2DE61-6F85-49A4-914C-D65E9B6022B9.jpg?v=1786823824"},{"product_id":"antique-dog-tray","title":"Antique Dog Tray","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAntique Poodle Card Tray\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrance | Circa 1900\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rectangular tray with softly canted sides, the whole floor worked in low relief to imitate weathered planking, grain and knots and all, with a single open flower laid across it on a leafy stem as though someone had set it down there and walked away. Standing at one end, cast separately and mounted to the rim, is a poodle in the lion clip: shaggy mane, feathered forelegs, bare paws, plumed tail carried high. It is gilded, and rubbed brightest along the mane and the muzzle, which is exactly where a hundred years of hands would have found it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tray itself has settled to a soft grey, so the dog reads warm against it. The modelling of the coat is properly done, curl by curl, and the legs are separately articulated rather than lumped into the body, which is the difference between a cast worth looking at and one that is merely a shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrays of this form are called card trays, or vide-poches. They lived in an entrance hall and took whatever came out of a pocket at the end of the day. This one will do the same job now, at exactly the right size for keys, reading glasses, or the small drift of things that otherwise collects on a kitchen counter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe naturalism is the tell for the date. Faux-bois worked convincingly enough to fool the eye at arm's length, a flower drawn from life rather than from a pattern book, and an animal modelled from observation rather than styled into an ornament, all belong to the years around 1900, when European metalwork went briefly and completely mad for nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.5 x 6.25 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eObject: Card tray or vide-poche with mounted poodle figure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Pewter tray with gilt bronze poodle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecoration: Faux-bois ground with a single flower in low relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigin: France. 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At each end a winged hound leans out over the rim, muzzle open, wing swept back along the body. Rocaille cartouches and a drop of cast flowers interrupt the sides, and the whole sits on a shaped stepped foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original insert is still with it, which matters more than it sounds. A jardinière was built to hold living plants, and the liner is what stood between wet earth and the metal. It is the first part to be lost and the last to be found again. This one has stayed put.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plating has worn through on the back, softening into darker base metal in patches. That is what a silvered surface does when an object has spent a century being turned, lifted and set down on the same side, and it is better said plainly than photographed around. The front presents beautifully. The back tells you the thing was used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFill it or leave it empty. It reads as well down the centre of a table with nothing in it as it does planted, and at this length it will carry a run of candles better than most objects designed for the job. 12.5” x 7” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eObject: Jardinière with original insert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Silver-coated metal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForm: Oval boat form with winged hound handles, fluted upper register, rocaille cartouches and stepped foot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigin: France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate: 19th century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Good antique condition, with wear to the plating on the back where it has worn through to the base metal; original insert present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49143768219867,"sku":null,"price":315.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/D6BCB718-1379-486A-91F5-E1C8D0EE01C6.jpg?v=1786823430"},{"product_id":"antique-gilt-bronze-candleabra-with-porcelain-florals","title":"Antique Gilt Bronze Two-Light Candelabra with Porcelain Flowers","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAntique Gilt Bronze Two-Light Candelabra with Porcelain Flowers\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrance | 19th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA two-light candelabra built as a flowering branch. Leafy stems rise out of a pierced rocaille base and divide, carrying two nozzles cast as tulip cups above broad leaf drip-pans. Threaded through the whole of it are porcelain flowers: a white narcissus with a yellow eye, a ruffled bloom in green and cream, a dark red rose gone almost black at the centre, a peach rose, a white rose fully open, and a scatter of buds among the gilt foliage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach flower is modelled and painted by hand, petal by petal, which is why no two are quite the same size and why the white ones turn faintly translucent when light gets behind them. The convention goes back to the eighteenth century, when Vincennes sold porcelain flowers by the thousand to be wired onto gilt bronze so that a room could have a branch in bloom in January. The nineteenth century kept making them because the effect never stopped working.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gilding is warm, and worn in the places a hand naturally takes it. The base is pierced and scrolled in the rococo taste and stands solid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is an object that does not need to be lit to do its job, though it takes a candle perfectly well. 8” x 7”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eObject: Two-light candelabra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterial: Gilt bronze with hand-modelled and painted porcelain flowers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigin: France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate: 19th century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Good antique condition, with wear to the gilding consistent with age, a few chips on porcelain flowers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49143769563355,"sku":null,"price":795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/B0E9DC83-7C74-4C95-A729-223658145750.jpg?v=1786823504"},{"product_id":"antique-french-still-life-painting-1","title":"Antique French Still Life Painting","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAntique French Still Life of Grapes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrance | 19th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bunch of grapes set down on a dark ground, a single vine leaf turned out beside them, a curl of tendril rising behind. 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