Antique French Animalier Bronze Marble Greyhound Sculpture Desk Paperweight Circa 1900 Paintings 5" wide X 1

5" wide X 1

The plate decorated with a large lobster to the center resting on a textured ground and flanked by two sets of mussel shells

then the Cesarewitch

The case having a sunburst design alternating from ivory to stained sandalwood and inlaid with micro-mosaic

the desk/chest is raised on ogee bracket feet

Antique French Animalier Bronze Marble Greyhound Sculpture Desk Paperweight Circa 1900 Paintings 5" wide X 1A very handsome antique French Animalier bronze greyhound sculpture, paperweight, circa 1900. The bronze in the style of Emmanuel Fremiet, made from solid cast bronze by the lost wax method (Cire Perdue) and depicting a recumbent greyhound with crossed legs, resting on a dark variegated marble plinth. The bronze having a rich patina, both the bronze and marble plinth are in very good condition.