Rectangular bronze plaque in the late nineteenth century French academic art style
Modelled and finely chiseled with a marine deity (Amphitrite, Nereid ?) and a boy on a winged seahorse
Set on a velvet-lined backboard, bronze on wood
Cast by F. Barbedienne Foundry, France, last quarter 19th century
Inscribed F. Barbedienne (Ferdinand Barbedienne 1810-1892) lower right
22 x 45.3 cm (8" 5/8 x 17" 7/8)