French Heraldic Repoussé Metal Log Holder with Fleur-de-Lis Crest Antique

French Heraldic Repoussé Metal Log Holder with Fleur-de-Lis Crest AntiqueAdditional Description: Decorative French inspired repouss metal log holder featuring an embossed heraldic crest centered with three fleur de lis beneath a knights helmet and accompanied by a rampant lion supporter. The curved body is adorned with scrolling foliate ornamentation over a hammered texture ground, giving the piece strong Gothic Revival and Renaissance Revival influence. Designed as a fireside accessory, the piece features an open top

when wealthy European travelers collected romanticized visions of antiquity and Italy’s classical past

Original stretcher and nails

particularly active from the late 19th into the mid-20th century

The urns are raised on slender marble stems with lotus-leaf ormolu collars

often produced in colonial India for British market and prized for their craftsmanship

now toned with age and showing staining

frame design consistent with 1850-1880 (this piece likely 1860-1885)

and old-world glamour to an interior

dress style

No major cracks observed

By Benito Jeronimo Feijoo

A beautifully preserved antique French Catholic missal titled Paroissien Romain