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Perfume burner
Pierre-Philippe Thomireabout 1780–1785
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
This perfume burner (known in French as a cassolette) is attributed to the French bronze-worker and sculptor Pierre-Philippe Thomire, who received his mastership as a bronze founder in 1772. Thomire trained in the studio of the sculptor Pierre Gouthière (1732-1813) before setting up his own workshop about 1775. Indeed, the design for this perfume burner is based on similar pieces made by Gouthière.
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Details
- Title: Perfume burner
- Creator: Pierre-Philippe Thomire
- Date Created: about 1780–1785
- Location Created: Paris, France
- Physical Dimensions: 40 × 19 × 19.5 cm (15 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 7 11/16 in.)
- Type: Burner
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Porphyry; gilt-bronze mounts
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 2015.65
- Culture: French
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Partial gift of Dr. Horace W. Brock in honor of Leon Dalva
- Creator Display Name: Attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire (French, 1751 - 1843, master 1772)
- Classification: Decorative Art (Art Genre)
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