CAST BY GRAUX MARLY, FROM A MODEL BY PIERRE LENORDEZ, PARIS, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

The Parisian firm of Graux-Marly was established in 1845, with premises at 37, boulevard du Temple. In 1849 the company won a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle and this was bettered six years later by a first-class medal for the bronzes d'art et d'ameublement manufactured at its new and larger atelier at 41, boulevard du Temple. In 1862, to satisfy the continuing need for greater space, the Maison Graux-Marly moved once more, this time to 8, rue du Parc Royal. Here they produced chimney-pieces, garnitures, chandeliers, vases, sculpture and tablewares, exporting thirty-five percent of their total output. The business was taken over by Graux-Marly's sons on the retirement of their father in 1864.