Wine fountain, Bacchus child sitting on a barrel
This wine fountain entered the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Bordeaux in 1959. It was Xavier Védère, former curator of the museum, who bought this piece from an antique dealer in Rue des Remparts in Bordeaux. Because of its fantasy, its style and the theme it deals with, it was immediately considered to be an original piece of 18th century Bordeaux production...