Object Description
The unusual model bronze dating to the late 19th century cast as a patinated bronze cherub holding two large strawberries with the vine looping over the back of the cherubs neck as it balances on one foot. The bronze is stood upon a rouge marble stepped plinth base and is signed in the bronze Pinedo (Emile Pinedo 1840-1916) along with a with bronze guarantee stamp reading ‘Bronze Garanti Au Titre Paris’. Across the front of the base a ribbon label finishes the bronze reading ‘Expos’on des beaux-arts’ indicating the sculpture was exhibited at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. The bronze figure dates to the French Belle Epoque period and the late 19th century circa 1875.