Rare fine Original French cast-iron figure of Bacchus.
Marked Forges Paris circa 1850.
Size 1500mm high.
Jean-Jacques Ducel, copper and cast iron founder in Paris was awarded a medal in the exhibit of 1844
for his vases, urns, cast iron bas-reliefs, torches and religious artefacts. His work was also rewarded an honorable mention in 1851
and a First class medal in 1855. The foundry in Pocé-sur-Cisse, which J.J. Ducel owned was one of the largest artistic foundry
in France until his death in 1877.