The sculptor Francesco Ladetti, known as Charles-François Ladatte (1706-1787), and the bronzemaker Giovanni Paolo Venasca, Tritons standing on the back of a turtle, a dolphin in hand. Circa 1740
Gilded bronze
H 7 in and H 6,5 in
Works to be compared with the bronzes adorning a mother-of-pearl and gilded bronze case and base, created by the italian cabinetmaker Pietro Piffetti (1701-1777) in collaboration with Ladatte et Venasca, now in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London
