The Wrestlers

Sculptor: Gustave Frédéric Michel

Origin: French

h: 6.5 in. x w: 10.25 in. x d: 9 in.

Year: circa 1890

Description

A late 19th Century French gilded cast bronze vide-de-poche "Les Lutteurs"  ("The Wrestlers") by, Gustave Frédéric Michel of two male wrestlers wrestling within a clam shell with wave decoration crashing against the base. The sculpture is signed, "G. Michel"  bears the founder's stamp "Siot-Decauville" and is numbered A763.