I remember when these entered into our collection. We were really hoping these would be by Duron, but alas they are by the Paoli brothers. They were registered on 15th March 1957 as ‘a set of articles comprising two mantel ornaments’. I only have the elephant of the right and have not seen the left…
I remember when these entered into our collection. We were really hoping these would be by Duron, but alas they are by the Paoli brothers. They were registered on 15th March 1957 as ‘a set of articles comprising two mantel ornaments’.
I only have the elephant of the right and have not seen the left elephant anywhere.
There is more information on Paoli on the About page
Registration Document not available
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