French school from the second half of the 19th century, Victor Delaplane edition. Harvest cup and bacchanalian scenes Gilt bronze Stamped "X ?V_DELAPLANE Ft PARIS" on the neck On the rim are quotations from Rabelais' Gargantua inscribed in medallions H. 30 cm LJ This bowl, decorated with a bacchanalian scene and quotations from Rabelais' Gargantua on the outer rim, bears witness to the historicist taste and technical refinement of the period. It is in the tradition of French art bronzes produced for bourgeois and aristocratic customers. It was made by the bronze manufacturer Victor Delaplane. Little is known about this manufacturer, except that it was located at 60 rue de Paradis-Faubourg-Poissonnière, Paris.