Antique French 18th Century Louis XVI Carved Gilt-Wood Greyhound Dog Jardinière Stand 1780 Decorative Arts this museum-quality counter translates perfectly

this museum-quality counter translates perfectly into modern luxury residential spaces

Below each portrait is a complex ormolu 'ribbon' surmounting a large porcelain plaque

The kovsh of traditional form with a hook shape handle

depicting a medieval costumed couple

which now resides at the Musée historique de Strasbourg

Antique French 18th Century Louis XVI Carved Gilt-Wood Greyhound Dog Jardinière Stand 1780 Decorative Arts this museum-quality counter translates perfectlySOLD A very rare, large, antique French Louis XVI carved gilt wood jardinire stand, modeled as a greyhound dog, circa 1780. This very rare survivor is finely carved in pine, and gesso and water gilded with gold leaf, the stand has the original circular zinc liner, above the dog's head is a circular stand with a carved arcaded lunette shaped gallery with a carved acanthus leaf support. The dog is very realistically carved and displays seated bolt